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Service System ruling that the profession of beekeeper be class- 

 ed as one of the critical agricultural occupations may alleviate the 

 situation and allow the maintenance of present production levels. 

 The picture is not entirely black. Price control of extracted 

 honey and wax has been a source of confusion, but beekeepers have 

 willingly accepted the principle of price control. Present ceilings 

 allow them to show a reasonable profit on the books for the first 

 time in many years. With this salvation from financial uncertain- 

 ty and the abundant recognition of the place of bees in our common 

 way of life, the beekeeper deserves and now has a portion of his 

 reward for persistence and service during the lean years of the last 

 depression. 



