2 Requisites to Bee-Keeping. 
money. Farmers are adding bee-keeping to their farms, 
to find not infrequently that the bees are their most profit- 
able property. The time required will of course depend 
upon the number of colonies kept; but with wise manage- 
ment, this time may be given at any time of the day or 
week, and thus not interfere with the regular business. 
Thus residents of country, village or city, male or female, 
who enjoy the society and study of natural objects, and 
wish to add to their income and pleasure, will find here an 
ever waiting opportunity. 
WHO SHOULD NOT KEEP BEES. 
There are occasionally persons to whom the venom of 
the bee is a serious poison. If such persons are stung 
anywhere their eyes swell so they cannot see, the skin 
blotches, and serious irritation is felt over the entire body. 
Such persons are often overcome with fever for several 
days, and, though very rarely, the sting sometimes proves 
fatal. It goes without saying that such persons should not 
keep bees. 
It is a well known fact that the sting of the honey bee 
becomes less and less poisonous the more one is stung. 
The system becomes inoculated against the poison. My 
own experience proves this most conclusively. Every Lee- 
keeper will receive occasional stings, but these become 
more and more rare, and soon occasion: neither fear nor 
anxiety. 
INDUCEMENTS TO BEE-KEEPING. 
RECREATION. , 
I name this first, as it was the pleasure in store that 
led me to the art of keeping bees, though I was terribly 
afraid of bees at'the beginning. There is a rare fascina- 
tion in the study of nature. Insect life is ever presenting 
the most pleasurable surprises to those who study it. Bees, 
from their wonderful instincts, curious structure and habits, 
and the interesting relations which they sustain to vege- 
tablelife, are most fascinating objects of study. The 
