Apparatus 
31 
Fig. 
26. — Cotton netting veil with 
tulle front. 
silk 
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 
found preferable. 
Gloves of cloth or leather are sometimes used to protect 
the hands. The handling 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 
turkey feather, a long 
whisk broom or a bunch 
of weeds pulled as needed 
are as good. 
A tool box or portable Fl °- 28 ' German bee brush, 
seat (Fig. 29) and a wheelbarrow or cart for carrying supplies 
and honey are among the other conveniences used in handling 
Fig. 27. — Hive tools. 
