A BOOK-KEEPER 15 



considering his circumstances, and now feels that the condition 

 that compelled him to make a change has proved a blessing in 

 disguise. 



A book-keeper in a western city has for some time been 



FiQ. 9. — Intensive bee-keeping. Corner of an apiary where 165 coloniea are kept on lot 

 60x110. 



developing his business to the point where it will justify him in 

 cutting loose from his salary and devoting all his time to honey 

 production. He has grown up in the work so gradually that he 

 has reached the point where he can make the change without 

 feeling the cost, as the bees paid their own way, and without feel- 

 ing the shock of readjustment. He lives out on a car-line, where 

 he has two or three lots. He has been attending to his regular 

 duties at the desk, and giving his evenings and mornings and 

 occasional holidays to the bees, assisted by an enthusiastic wife 

 (Fig. 9). One season he produced and sold more than fourteen 



