Bee Smoker
19th century
19th Century
8 1/2 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Tool
Medium and Support:
metal
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum
Accession Number:
X1972.228
The bee smoker is a leather bellows with a funnel-shaped tin burner attached. The smoke made in the tin burner was pumped in to the bee hive to immobilize the bees so that honey could be collected.