HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



CHAPTER I 



BEES — FRUIT — HONEY AND MONEY 



A HIVE of bees nestling in the grass in 

 ■^^ the orchard is neither artistic nor orna- 

 mental in the eyes of most people, and the 

 sentiment it inspires may even be one of fear. 



But when we consider that within its narrow 

 confines there is housed a teeming popula- 

 tion of over thirty thousand of the busiest 

 little folk in the world, the feeling changes 

 from fear to amazement at the wonderful 

 work that is there going on. 



Judging from the size of the population, 

 we should naturally infer that pandemonium 

 would reign; and this belief would be strength- 

 ened by the constant bustle and hum that 



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