242 AGRICULTURE 



As this book is intended, primarily, for 

 women, the writer would like to lay special 

 stress on the suitability of apiculture as a 

 part of any rural occupation they may pursue. 

 It has everything to recommend it and 

 nothing to detract from it, except the one 

 fact that bees are provided with stings, and 

 that from time to time they see fit to use 

 them. 



It has been said that success in bee-keeping 

 depends upon u dexterity of hand and celerity 

 of foot," certainly the first is necessary, and, 

 in the writer's experience, more usually 

 possessed by women than by men, while the 

 second quality perhaps belongs most generally 

 to men. 



No one anxious to take up bee-keeping 

 need be deterred by the thought of the 

 stings. A veil may be worn, which will 

 thoroughly protect the face, and the beginner 

 may start by wearing gloves, when mani- 

 pulating. 



In time, however, when confidence and 



