188 HANDLING BEES. 
they retreat from before it, raising a subdued or terrified 
note; and, seeming to imagine that their honey is to be 
taken from them, they cram their honey-bags to their utmost 
capacity. They act either as if aware that only what they 
can lodge in this inside pocket is safe, or, as if expecting to 
be driven away from their stores, they are determined to 
start with a full supply of provisions for the way. The 
same result may be obtained by shutting them up in their 
hive and drumming upon it for a short time, but this latter 
process is only successful with some races of bees easily 
frightened, like the black bees (559). 
382. The bellows-smokers, in present use, for smoking 
bees and controlling them, are as far superior to the old 
method of blowing smoke on them with the mouth from a 
Fig. 81. SS 
BINGHAM BEE-SMOKER. MUTH BEE-SMOKER. 
piece of punk or rotten wood, or a bunch of rags, as the 
movable-frame hive is superior to the box hive of old. The 
writer of this, who kept bees in large numbers in several 
Apiaries before the introduction of the practical bellows- 
smoker, has many atime felt dizzy from the fatigue of blow- 
ing smoke on the bees. 
Bellows-smokers were used in Europe long ago, but they 
were not practical, as they could not be used with one 
hand. 
