1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



A BEE PROOF VEIL AND SHIRT. 



BY D. H. COGGSHALL. 



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Ocntlemen: — With your permission I will 

 give you a description of the bee-veii I use 

 for working with my bees. I find it bee- 

 proof, and there is no chance for bees to get 

 near your neck to sting you. I can work all 

 day during the buckwheat season, and not a 

 bee gets inside of the veil. From gingham 

 an overshirt is made that is even with the 

 shoulders, and the sleeves are large enough 

 to come to the knuckles, where a piece of 

 rubber cord is put in to hold it around the 

 hand. An opening is cut for the thumb. 

 Rubber cord is also used around the waist 

 and hat. 



The veil proper is made of bobinet, which 

 can be found at millinery stores or supply 

 h(juses. It is cotton goods, and very strong. 

 This is attached to the top of the overshirt, 

 and it is large enough to pass freely over the 

 brim of the hat 



For the vision part of it I take a piece of 

 wire cloth (black), about nine or ten inches 

 square, and hem the edges with a strip of 

 oilcloth so tha'; the ends of the wire will not 

 stick thi'ough; then cut out an opening in the 

 bobinet so it will come just to the brim of 

 the hat. I make it loose enough so it can 

 be easily put on and off when 1 want to 

 drink, as the picture shows. 



To keep the blouse up on the shoulders I 

 use a piece of rubber tape attached to each 



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THE COGGSHALL VEIL WHEN NOT IN USE, 

 BUT READY FOR EMERGENCY. 



THE COGGSHALL BEE-VEIL AND SUIT. 



shoulder of the dress. The wrist and hand 

 parts are made of factory cloth, and coated 

 with paraffine, which tills the cloth and pre- 

 vents stinging. I find but little use for gloves 

 with this rig. 



These photographs are through the kind- 

 ness of Harry E. Hill while visiting him at 

 Fort Pierce, Florida, March 20, 1907. 



West Groton, N. Y. 



[A bee-veil to be really serviceable should 

 be one that will permit of ready access to the 

 face, that can be easily removed so as to al- 

 low an unobstructed vision in looking for 

 eggs and at other times; and, when the 

 weather is very hot and bees gentle, to give 

 freer circulation around the face. This veil 

 complies with these conditions very nicely, 

 but differs in the veils used by the majority 

 of people in that, for the purpose of remov- 

 ing, it drops down off from the head, resting 

 on the shoulders rather than raising up off 



