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The labor required in bee-keeping, especially if but few 

 colonies are kept, can, with thought and management, be so 

 arranged as not to infringe upon the time demanded by the 

 regular occupation. Even the farmer, by wise foresight, can 

 arrange so that his bees will not interfere greatly with his 

 regular farm work. I have never received more hearty thanks 

 than from persons whom I had influenced to add the care of 

 bees to their other duties. 



ADAPTATION TO WOMEN. 



Apiculture may also bring succor to those whom society 

 has not been over-ready to favor — our women. Widowed 

 mothers, dependent girls, the weak and the feeble, aU may find 

 a blessing in the easy, pleasant and profitable labors of the 

 apiary. Of course, women who lack vigor and health can care 

 for but very few colonies, and must have suflBcient strength to 

 bend over and lift the small-sized frames of comb when loaded 

 with honey, and to carry empty hives. With the proper 

 thought and management, full colonies need never be lifted, 

 nor work done in the hot sunshine. Yet, right here let me 

 add, and emphasize the truth, that only those who will let ener- 

 getic thought and skillful plan, and above all promptitude and 

 persistence, make up for physical weakness, should enlist as 

 apiarists. Usually a stronger body and improved health, the 

 result^f pure air, sunshine and exercise, will make each suc- 

 cessive day's labor more easy, and will permit a corresponding 

 growth in the size of the apiary for each successive season. 

 One of the most noted apiarists, not only in America, but in 

 the world, sought in bee-keeping her health, and found not 

 only health, but reputation and influence. Some of the most 

 successful apiarists in our country are women. Of these, 

 many were led to adopt the pursuit because of waning health, 

 grasping at this as the last and successful weapon with which 

 to vanquish the grim monster. 



That able apiarist, and terse writer on apiculture, Mrs. ly. 

 Harrison, states that the physicians told her that she could not 

 live ; but apiculture did for her what the physicians could not 

 do— restored her to health, and gave her such vigor that she 

 has been able to work a large apiary for years. 



Said " Cyula Linswik "—whose excellent and beautifully 



