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Bee-keeping for the Many; or, The management of the common and Ligurian honey bee / Including the selection of hives and a bee-keeper's calendar

Chapter 26: BEE DRESS.
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A concise practical guide combines a natural-history overview of honey bees with step-by-step, seasonal instructions for their management. It explains colony structure and roles, compares common and Ligurian varieties, and gives advice on selecting and siting hives, choosing or transporting stocks and swarms, and organizing an apiary. Practical chapters cover construction and arrangement of hives, swarm handling, honey collection, and routine maintenance, with a month-by-month keeper's calendar and troubleshooting guidance for pests, diseases, and environmental challenges to support successful small-scale beekeeping.

BEE DRESS.

In the season for going amongst Bees careful apiarians are desirous of having all things ready for use before they are immediately required, and as being well-armed against the stings of their Bees gives confidence and coolness to the inexperienced operator, both of which are so essentially necessary to the successful accomplishment of his object, I will give the plan of a very simple and convenient Bee-dress, which has been kindly handed to me by a friend. It is formed of green leno, and so made as to enclose the head, neck, and shoulders; indeed, it is like a bag, with sleeves to tie at the wrists. The sleeves are made of green glazed cambric. It forms altogether a perfect panoply, and the most timid person with its aid may perform the most difficult operation with the greatest coolness, and without the possibility of being stung.