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tteir faces, and perhaps even their hands, till time and expe- 

 rience show them that fear is vain ; then they will divest 

 themselves of all such useless encumbrances. Bees are more 

 cross when they are gathering no honey, and at such times, 

 black bees and hybrids, especially, are so irritable that even 

 the experienced apiarist will wish a veil. 



THE BEST BEE-VEIL. 



This should be made of black tarlatan, sewed up like a 

 bag, a half yard long, without top or bottom, and with a 

 diameter of the rim of a common straw-hat. Gather the top 

 with braid, so that it will just slip over the crown of the hat— - 

 else, sew it to the edge of the rim of some cheap, cool hat, 

 in fact, I prefer this style — and gather the bottom with rubber 

 cord or rubber tape, so that it may be drawn over the hat rim, 

 and then over the head, as we adjust the hat. 



Some prefer to dispense with the rubber cord at the bottom 

 (Fig. 62), and have the veil long so as to be gathered in by 

 the coat or dress. If the black tarlatan troubles by coloring 



Fig. 62. 



the shirt or collar, the lower part may be made of white net- 

 ting. When in use, the rubber cord draws the lowei' part 

 close about the neck, or the lower part tucks within the coat 

 or vest (Fig. 62), and we are safe. This kind of a veil is 



