A BOOK-KEEPER 15 
considering his cireumstances, and now feels that the condition 
that compelled him to make a change has proved a blessing in 
disguise. 
A book-keeper in a western city has for some time been 
Fic. 9.—Intensive bee-keeping. Corner oF an aplary where 165 colonies are kept on lot 
x . 
developing his business to the point where it will justify him in 
cutting loose from his salary and devoting all his time to honey 
production. He has grown up in the work so gradually that he 
has reached the point where he can make the change without 
feeling the cost, as the bees paid their own way, and without feel- 
ing the shock of readjustment. Je lives out on a car-line, where 
he has two or three lots. He has been attending to his regular 
duties at the desk, and giving his evenings and mornings and 
occasional holidays to the bees, assisted by an enthusiastic wife 
(Fig. 9). One season he produced and sold more than fourteen 
