216 THE BEL-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
hive. The instrument just described is, of course, used 
in the hand ; but another kind is sometimes applicable, 
made not unlike a pepper-box upon a foot, which 
stands on, or in a hole in, the ground, whilst the 
hive about to be fumed is placed over it. The top 
lifts off to receive the fungus, and both that and the 
lower end are pierced with holes. A common pair 
of bellows without any smoke will frequently answer 
every purpose when the object is to drive the bees 
downwards from the tops of the frames, as with the 
smoker shown in the next cut. 
Messrs. Neighbour, who have fumigators of both 
the descriptions above named, have also lately added 
what they term the ‘Safety Smoker,” an engraving 
of which, with their own description, is here 
appended :— 
“The above engraving represents the smoker in 
use when manipulating with a bar-and-frame hive. 
