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when ignited, could be directed to the desired point by 
blowing with the mouth. But this method was open to 
many objections. There was not only the danger that 
sparks might be blown into the hive, but, as before men- 
tioned, the breath is offensive to the bees, and tends to 
enrage them. ‘There is also the danger that hives and 
buildings may be set on fire, as one often thinks the fire 
on the ignited stick to be completely extinguished, when it 
is still smouldering. I have known some exceedingly nar- 
row escapes from serious conflagration, due to this cause. 
Mr. Quinby fully realized these objections, and for 
years spent much time and thought in devising some safe 
and efficient method of applying smoke. 
He had already used a smoker to be held in the mouth, 
the smoke to be blown among the bees with the breath, 
butit was unsatisfactory. It was made of a tin tube, two 
inches in diameter, and six inches long; in one end of 
this, a short tube of wood was fitted, and in the other end 
was a longer piece, to hold in the mouth, with a quarter- 
inch hole bored through each. The fuel was ignited and 
placed inside, and the smoké blown in the desired direc- 
tion. Some of our best bee-keepers, Mr. Doolittle, and 
others, still approve of, and use a form of mouth-smoker. 
QUINBY SMOKER. 
In 1873, Mr. Quinby gave the matter very particular 
attention, which resulted in the invention of the upright 
bellows and tube, as shown in fig. 20, and which has since 
been known as the “‘Quinby Bellows Smoker.” This in- 
vention I believe all agree to have been original with him. 
In 1874, it was practically improved and offered to the 
public. 
It has still more recently been much improved in me- 
chanical details, but is substantially the same in princi- 
ple, and is, in its present condition, ag shown in fig. 21, 
