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frames, putting on and taking off feeder, removing 

 the honey board, examining the rearing boxes in 

 queen raising, etc., smoke the hive well. In short, 

 use smoke freely when about to perform any opera- 

 tion upon the bees. Before touching the hive give 

 the bees two or three smart puffs at each entrance 

 of the hive ; then commence your operations im- 

 mediately. If the honey board is over the brood 

 section, and your operations are to be performed in 

 that part of the hive, raise the board just enough to 

 puff in the smoke, but not enough for the bees to 

 come out. Give them the smoke here freely for 

 about one minute, before you remove the board. 

 They will show their submission by a loud hum- 

 ming throughout the hive. When they set up this 

 humming noise is the time to proceed with your 

 work. Remove the honey board entirely, keeping 

 the smoker at hand ready for use, and giving them 

 a puff of smoke occasionally to keep them under 

 submission. 



It is best for the inexperienced bee raiser to pro- 

 tect the hands and face in all operations, at least 

 until he feels perfect confidence in his ability to 

 avoid irritating the bees sufficiently to cause them 

 to sting. To protect the hands, wear thick woolen 

 mittens, with very long wrists, so they will come 

 up over the dress or coat sleeve, thus protecting the 

 hands and wrists completely from stings. To pro- 

 tect the face and neck, get coarse black lace, one- 

 half yard wide and a yard and a quarter in length. 

 Take three-fourths of this piece tor the front breadth, 

 and the balance for the back breadth. Seam to- 



