>I have been looking over a beautiful little children's book, L'Abeille. As >the title may indicate it is in French. > >In it the tools of the beekeeper are shown. I can figure out most, but >there is something listed as "le soufflet". It kind of looks like a >bellows. Does anyone know what this is known as in English and what is its >purpose? > >Whitney Cranshaw >[log in to unmask] > > A "SOUFFLET" is a bellows which a part of "L'ENFUMOIR" (the smoker). "L'ENFUMOIR" is the tool the beekeeper uses to smoke up the bees to calm them while manipulating a colony. Jean-Pierre Chapleau eleveur de reines / queen breeder 1282, rang 8, Saint-Adrien de Ham, Quebec, Canada, J0A 1C0 tel./phone (819) 828-3396; fax (819) 828-0357 [log in to unmask]