Smoker, bee
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BELLOWS
- DATE
- 1903
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0277.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ROOT, A.I. CO.
- MODEL
- JUMBO 3
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER STOVE WITH OTHER METAL PARTS/ CANVAS COVERED WOOD BELLOWS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 21.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Apiculture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ROOT
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1903 +
- Canada
-
AMERICAN MADE APICULTURE EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN BEEKEEPER. - Function
-
USED TO STUPIFY BEES WITH SMOKE IN ORDER TO REMOVE HONEY FROM HIVE. SMOKE FROM PAPER FIRE IN CAN WAS FANNED & BLOWN INTO HIVE BY BELLOWS. - Technical
-
ALTHOUGH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN REGULAR SHEET METAL BEE SMOKERS, COPPER SMOKERS WERE PREFERRED BY BEEKEEPERS BECAUSE COPPER WAS LONGER LASTING; HOWEVER THEY DID DENT MORE EASILY. DESIGN WAS PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED BY FEMALE BEEKEEPERS BECAUSE SMOKERS DIDN'T BACKFIRE & SEND SPEARKS BACK THAT COULD CATCH BEE VEILS OR LOOSE CLOTHING ON FIRE (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- Part of front fastening device, one square nut.
- Finish
- COPPER COLOURED STOVE/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ LIGHT KHAKI GREEN CANVAS
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROOT, A.I. CO., Smoker, bee, circa 1903, Artifact no. 2001.0277, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0277.001/
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