Bee Disease Control 25 



Healthful 



There are practically no conditions about beekeeping which 

 would injure the health of the person following the business, 

 unless the stings might be considered unhealthful. Since, how- 

 ever, they can be almost entirely prevented and their effect is so 

 easily overcome, they need not be considered. 



Much of the work is out-of-doors in the most pleasant time 

 of the year, and there is no occasion for exposure to harmful 

 weather. 



It is a mistake, however, to consider beekeeping as a business 

 well suited to the invalid in body or mind, since such is not the 

 case. Considerable manual labor is necessary for best results, 

 some of which is rather strenuous. The problems presented by 

 the ever-changing seasons are such as will sometimes puzzle the 

 most active brain. Nevertheless, beekeeping can be and is fol- 

 lowed by persons well advanced in years. One of the most 

 successful beekeepers in the United States today has passed his 

 eightieth birthday. But he has in his long experience learned 

 to get maximum results with a minimum amount of labor. 



Pleasure 



To the person really interested in the work, beekeeping affords 

 boundless pleasure. Bountiful crops of honey, of course, increase 

 the pleasure. 



Practically no two seasons in the bee yard are alike, hence 

 the work always presents new and interesting problems, and 

 thus there is no opportunity for pleasure to wane through 

 monotony or sameness of the work. The problems of beekeeping 

 lead the apiarist into so many branches of investigation that his 

 interest is continually held. His problems bring him into close 

 contact with the great out-of-doors. 



Not the least among the pleasures of beekeeping is that which 

 comes from a knowledge that the beekeeper is gathering a health- 

 ful food which would otherwise go to waste, and therefore he is a 

 benefactor to mankind. Also, at the same time that the bees are 

 gathering this healthful food they are carrying pollen from 

 flower to flower, causing a greater production of fruits and seeds 

 and thus further benefitting the human family. 



