ATTRACTIONS OF BEEKEEPING 13 



sons of the year, the bees need little attention 

 for days or weeks at a time. Poultry must be 

 fed daily, while the bees gather their own food. 

 Business or professional men or women who 

 are looking for a light occupation to take them 

 into the open air will find just the thing in car- 

 ing for a few bees. On stormy days when it is 

 unpleasant to go out, the bees are better for 

 being undisturbed. The work is mostly clean 

 and hght, just the kind of work that should 

 engage the attention of one who is tired from 

 office work. 



The product of the apiary is ready to serve 

 when it is taken from the hive and needs no 

 special preparation on the part of the house- 

 wife. This fact is too often overlooked in com- 

 paring the price of honey with other foodstuffs. 

 If the housewife who buys the family groceries 

 ^vill take account of all the time spent in pre- 

 paring fruits, vegetables, etc., for the table and 

 add the cost of fuel for cooking them, she will 



