296 Bee Dress for Ladies. 
draws the lower part close about the neck, or the lower 
part tucks within the coat or vest (Fig. 114), and we are 
safe. This kind of a veil is cool, does not impede vision at 
all, and can be made by any woman at a cost of less than 
twenty cents. Common buck-skin or sheep-skin gloves 
can be used, as it will scarcely pay to get special gloves for 
the purpose, for the most timid person—I speak from 
experience—will soon consider gloves as unnecessary and 
awkward. 
Special rubber gloves are sold by those who keep on 
hand apiarian supplies. It is reported that heavily starched 
linen is proof against the bees’ sting, and so may be used 
for gloves or other clothing. Some apiarists think that 
dark clothing is specially obnoxious to bees. It is certainly 
true that fuzzy woolen, and even hairs on one’s hands are 
very irritating to them. Clothes with a heavy nap should 
be rejected by the bee-keeper, and the Esaus should singe 
the hair from their hands. 
For ladies, my friend, Mrs. Baker, recommends a dress 
which, by use of a rubber skirt-lift or other device, can be . 
instantly raised or lowered. This will be convenient in the 
-apiary, and tidy anywhere. The Gabrielle style is pre- 
ferred, and of a length just to reach the floor. Itshould be 
belted at the waist, and cut down from the neck in front, 
one-third the length of the waist, to permit the tucking in 
of the veil. The under-waist should fasten close about the 
neck. The sleeves should be quite long to allow free use 
of the arms, and gathered in with a rubber cord at the 
wrist, which will hug the rubber gauntlets or arm, and pre- 
vent bees from crawling up the sleeves. The pantalets 
should be straight and full, and should also have the rub- 
ber cord in the hem to draw them close about the top of 
the shoes. 
Mrs. Baker also places great stress on the wet “head- 
cap,” which she believes the men even would find a great 
comfort. This is a simple, close-fitting cap, made of two 
thicknesses of coarse towelling. The head is wet with 
cold water, and the cap wet in the same, wrung out, and 
placed on the head. 
Mrs. Baker would have the dress neat and clean, and so 
