124 INTRODUCTION TO BEE-KEEPING. 



has been wisely said, 'To know how to wait is the 

 great secret of success.' A great many people fail in 

 bee-keeping because they try to begin wijh every- 

 thing at once ; and do things on a large scale with 

 modern inventions, before they have had any expe- 

 rience of practical management, or have tried their 

 hands at some of the very simplest things. 



It is with bee-keeping as with every other pursuit, 

 you cannot get up the ladder of success all at once. 

 You must begin with the first round, and get higher 

 step by step, using, first of all, simple means, with care 

 and industry. ' Fortune favours industry.' Smiles, in 

 Self Help, has well said, ' The greatest results in life 

 are usually attained by simple means and the exercise 

 of ordinary qualities. The great highroad of human 

 welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast well- 

 doing, and they who are the most persistent, and 

 work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most 

 successful. Fortune has often been blamed for her 

 blindness, but Fortune is not so blind as men are. 

 Those who. look into practical life will find that 

 Fortune is usually on the side of the industrious. 

 Success treads on the heels of every right effort. 

 Nor are the qualities necessary to ensure success at 

 all extraordinary. They may, for the most part, be 

 summed up in these two — common sense and per- 

 severance.' 



Very thoroughly does this apply to bee-keeping. 

 You will succeed if you exercise ' common sense ' and 

 ' perseverance.' First of all, then, make up your mind 

 to take trouble in the matter. Remember, that if 

 there is anything you can do fairly well without 



