Bee smoker with bellows
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- Type
- Beekeeping equipment
- Date
- 1976
- Place
- Maitland, New South Wales, Australia; Old Parliament House, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Materials
- Brass, Leather, Wood
- Collection
- William Yates collection
- Accession number
- 1996.0042.0001
Description
A bee smoker with bellows, made of wood, brass and leather.
Bee smoker with bellows, used to produce smoke to calm bees when their hive is being tended.
About the collection
The William Yates Collection provides an insight into the social history of the Provisional Parliament House. The collection comprises a bee-smoker which was used by William Yates (Member for Holt, 1975-1980) in the maintenance of hives in the House of Representative rose gardens and the gardens at the Lodge. The gardens at Provisional Parliament House were an important place of recreation and relaxation for members. The bee smoker encompasses recreational and social activities which were outisde of the formal political process and yet were an intrinsic part of life at Provisional Parliament House.
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