CHAPTER II 



OUTLOOK FOR BEEKEEPING 



The outlook for beekeeping was never bet- 

 ter than it is now. Greater prosperity for an 

 agricultural specialty has always come with its 

 general development over a large scope of 

 country. This has been notably true of the 

 dairy industry which formerly returned but a 

 small part of the revenue that it does to-day. 



Beekeeping as a business is very new, so 

 new in fact that many people do not yet realize 

 that beekeeping offers an opportunity as an ex- 

 clusive occupation. It is only within the past 

 half century that honey production has become 

 commercially possible and but a very few years 

 have passed since the first agricultural college 

 estabhshed beekeeping as a regular part of its 

 curriculum. Within the recent months many 



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