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Fig. 26. 



Cotton netting veil with silk 

 tulle front. 



be brought down when 



the bees become annoy- 

 ing. Black wire-cloth 



veils are often used and, 



while they are a better 



protection than the cloth 



veils, they are less con- 

 venient as they cannot 



so easily be thrown back. 

 A steel tool of some 



kind is needed to pry up 



covers and to loosen and 



separate frames. A screw- 

 driver will answer but 



some specially devised 



tools (Fig. 27) may be 



foimd preferable. 



Gloves of cloth or leather are sometimes used to protect 



the hands. The handUng of frames is less impeded if the 



finger ends are cut out. Gloves 

 are hot, usually sticky or stiff, 

 and are as a rule abandoned 

 after the early stages of bee- 

 keeping are passed. 



A brush to sweep bees from 

 the combs is a convenience, es- 

 pecially in removing bees while 

 taking frames from the hives 



at extracting time. The German brush with white bristles 



(Fig. 28) is perhaps the best of those manufactured, but a 



tittkey feather, a long 



whisk broom or a bunch 



of weeds pulled as needed 



are as good. 

 A tool box or portable 



seat (Fig. 29) and a wheelbarrow or cart for carrying supplies 



and honey are among the other conveniences used in handhng 



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Fig. 27. — Hive tools. 



Fig. 28. — German bee brush. 



