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Modern materials such as aluminum and artificial leather are often incorporated in the manufacture of beekeeping equipment, such as this smoker.

Modern materials such as aluminum and artificial leather are often incorporated in the manufacture of beekeeping equipment, such as this smoker.
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Modern materials such as aluminum and artificial leather are often incorporated in the manufacture of beekeeping equipment, such as this smoker. Although the materials used to construct bee smokers may have changed, their design has remained the same since the 1870s.

Tools

Over the last hundred years, beekeeping tools have changed in size and material, but their mechanisms and techniques have remained much the same.

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