FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



piece of rotten wood (indeed this last was quite an improve- 

 ment over the tirst), the only bellows I had being a sound 

 pair of lungs. Any one of the various makes of smokers I have 

 tiled will do quite satisfactory work. I have used up more 

 Clark smokers than any others. Although low in price, the 

 Clark is really more expensive than any other. It works beau- 



Fig. 22~C might! 



tifully while new, but the "new" wears off entirely too soon. 

 The bellows become incapacitated by reason of the smoke 

 sucked into it, and then there is no good way to clean it out. 



CONTINUOUS AND CUT-OFF BLAST. 



The Bingham, CoTTieil, Crane, and others, are all good. 

 The out-off blast lengthens the life of a smoker, but shortens its 

 blast. The continuous blast, as in the Clark, allows one to send 



