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very thin and wide, will be found very handy in removing 
surplus honey boxes, clearing off the bottom board, or using 
about the hive generally. Can be furnished if desired. 
THE PATENT FUMIGATION PIPE 
Is an instrument I have lately invented, which is far superior 
to anything now in use, to render bees good-natured and 
manageable in a short space of time ; will not in jure the 
bees in the least, as punk (rotten wood,) or puff-ball, or 
even common smoking tobacco can be used. A swarm of 
bees can be thoroughly fumigated in five seconds in any box 
or hive, rendering them perfectly docile and good-natured. 
The hive can then be turned bottom side up, or surplus 
honey boxes removed, or the bees even shook out of the 
hive and handled in the roughest manner. The pipe is well 
adapted to the use of the apiary, or in taking honey from a 
tree in the woods. It is so arranged that it can be carried 
