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J. T. Burgess & Son, of Exeter, provide bee gloves which 
leave the points of the fingers bare, as shown in Figure IT. 
On certain special occasions 
the experienced bee-keeper 
may find gloves useful. He 
may have to take bees out tn 
of a hole in a wall, or from Figure IL. 
some odd corner of a roof or floor, where the use of his bare 
hands would lead to the receiving of a needless number of 
stings. Then, during transit, one or more combs might be 
jerked out of their frames and be found lying on the bottom 
of the travelling box. With gloves, these could easily be 
lifted, and, perhaps, most of the brood in them saved. In 
general, however, it will be found that the gloves, are soon 
thrown aside, never to be used again, except on the very 
rarest occasions. 
The veil (Figure III.) is in a different category, and the 
writer has no hesitation in affirming that 
it would make for the comfort of the 
bees, and for an increase in the honey 
crop, if expert bee-masters would use 
the veil more and the smoker less. The 
most convenient veil is made of fine black 
net, of a shape that can be readily slipped 
over the hat or cap, and tucked under 
the collar of the coat. Veils of coarse 
netting, or of any other colour except 
black, interfere seriously with clearness 
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SOE Of vision, and wire-fronted veils are 
Figure HL. inconvenient to carry. 
In carrying out any operation which involves shaking the 
bees off their combs, one may find that several bees, still too 
young to fly, are crawling over the ground. Trouser clips, 
such as are used by cyclists, may be found convenient to 
prevent those young bees from crawling up the legs. 
When the bee-keeper has his hands on the combs within 
the hive any bees flying upwards are likely to be caught 
within the outstanding cuffs of his coat. These are brought 
