OUTFIT FOR EXTRACTED-HONEY PRODUCTION.—vnapter II. 
Other First Equipment. 
Among the rest of the equipment necessary, the bee-smoker, perhaps, 
should be mentioned first as being most indispensable. Bees can be con- 
trolled and safely handled only by the ap- 
plication of smoke, and it is the smoker 
that affords this aid and protection in hee- 
keeping. It consists of a metal cylinder in 
which greasy waste, rags, rotten wood, or 
planer shavings are burned. A bellows con- 
nected with this cylinder forces air up 
through the fuel and blows the smoke out at 
a nozzle in 
front, just. 
where it can be 
directed to the 
A good bee-smoker is one of the i 
most essential parts of the best advantage. 
equipment for handling bees. There are a num- 
ber of different 
makes and different sizes of smokers. The 
smallest, suitable for a beginner’s first endeav- 
ors, has a barrel 314 inches i in diameter. Don’t 
get a smaller one. 
' A bee-veil is another essential for the be- 
ginner. The experienced beekeeper sometimes 
works without a veil; but there are times when 
every beekeeper réquires one to prevent sting- 
ing about the face and neck. The wearing of 
a veil gives a_sense of security that can not cider Recliner der Week caring 
otherwise be had. needs a good bee-veil. 
The beginner should have a pair of loose- 
fitting bee-gloves. Ordinarily, the veteran. beekeeper does not use gloves 
at all; yet there are times when even he may find them advantageous as a 
protection from angry stinging 
bees. 
For opening hives and prying: 
apart frames a hive-tool is to be 
strongly recommended to the be- 
ginner as doing better work than 
either a strong screwdriver or a 
knife. This tool is very handy in 
separating the frames and the parts of the hive when examining them, 
because the bees make use of-propolis, or bee glue, in eeCene the 
frames together. 
A bee-brush is very handy in some hive operations. It is used for 
brushing the bees from the combs. (But a bunch of long grass or weeds 
will serve this purpose.) a 
Bee-gloves give the beginner a feeling of 
protection against stings. 
An uncapping-knife is neces- 
sary for one who intends to ex- 
tract his own honey. This knife The useful hive-tool. 
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