DECEMBER 15, 1915 



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ly in tlic business. This specialization is 

 also the result of circumstances. At first 

 he raised queens for liis own use only; but, 

 having: a small surplus, he placed a two- 

 line advertisement, which soon brought a 

 demand which required so much of his time 

 that he finally turned his attention to queen- 

 raising exclusively. 



TVeil. not " exclusively," for he took time 

 to irot married, and then began to build a 



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home. That's a genu- 

 ine fact for he person- 

 ally built it, from dig- 

 ging the cellar, mixing 

 and laying the con- 

 crete for the wall, fell- 

 ing timber for the 

 frame and hauling it 

 to a sawmill, to plas- 

 tering the walls and 

 putting on the trim. 

 Mr. Spicer admits he 

 had his hands full in 

 those days, raising 

 •queens and building a 

 house between times. 

 But "all's well that 

 ends well." The young 

 people have a comfort- 

 able home overlooking 

 the hills and valleys of 

 northern Jersey. The 

 home has been paid 

 for practically by the 

 bees, which they prize 

 more dearly than if it had been "showered" 

 upon them. 



In July last year the New Jersey State 

 Beekeepers' Association held its summer 

 meeting at Mr. Spicer's yard, to which 

 about eighty people found the way, al- 

 though it is two miles from the trolley up 

 among the hills. They enjoyed a practical 

 day with Mr. Spicer among the bees, not 

 forgettins" the generous hospitality. 



and — 



paid for it. 



