The Keeper
![Although the materials used to construct bee smokers may have changed, their design has remained the same since the 1870s. Although the materials used to construct bee smokers may have changed, their design has remained the same since the 1870s.](/bees-shared/images/4.2.2.1.1b.jpg)
Although the materials used to construct bee smokers may have changed, their design has remained the same since the 1870s.
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Tools
Over the last hundred years, beekeeping tools have changed in size and material, but their mechanisms and techniques have remained much the same.