10 THE BUSINESS OF BEE-KEEPING 
tensely interested in the honey-bee. While great progress has 
been made in the past few years, much yet remains to be learned, 
and new methods and new discoveries are constantly brought for- 
ward. The person who believes he knows all about bees is a 
back number, indeed. 
The Advantages.—Bee-keeping is one of the few pursuits 
open to persons of small capital or poor health.. Many a success- 
Fig. 5.—Many a successful apiary has been built up from asingle colony. 
ful apiary has been built up from a single colony of bees and an 
investment of but a few dollars (Fig. 5). In fact, some of the 
most successful bee men have begun in this wav, and built up an 
extensive business that yielded a good income. 
Then again, bees may be kept in situations where it would 
be impossible to undertake any other enterprise. Of course, after 
one has enlarged his apiaries to such an extent that they will 
