firepot, respectively. The Standard size is recommended, although 
for a very few colonies the Junior is satisfactory. It is believed 
the extra expense of a copper rather than a tin firepot is not warranted. 
Veil 
It is seldom safe to manipulate bees without some protection 
from stinging on the face although experienced beekeepers who 
well know the bees’ behavior sometimes work without a veil. 
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Fig. 17. Cotton bee veil (Root). 
Fig. 18. Wire cloth bee veil (original). 
Protection for the face is of two general styles: the soft veil, 
made of thread or cloth which can be folded in small compass and 
is worn over a hat (Fig. 17), or the stiff veil made largely of wire cloth 
which cannot be readily folded (Fig. 18). The wire cloth veil has 
all the desirable features needed in a bee veil, possibly, excepting ease 
of folding. It is not easily torn and stands out from the face in 
spite of wind. This is commonly called the Alexander veil, although 
Langstroth* illustrates it in his book dated 1853. It can readily 
be made at home. A piece of painted wire cloth mosquito bar 
9 1/2" X 30” is fastened in the form of a cylinder, first having 
*Langstroth, L. L. 1853, Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee. 
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