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Examples to 

 follow. 



A former carpen- 

 ter whose left leg 

 was amputea 

 above the knee on 

 account of injuries 

 received in tiattle 

 studied machine 

 designing and is 

 now employed by 

 a railway. 



Another soldier 

 suffered with 

 chronic bronchitis 

 and asthma, and 

 found it inadvis- 

 able to return to 

 his former occupa- 

 tion as a bar- 

 tender. He was 

 trained as a motor 

 mechanic and se- 

 cured an open-air 

 position as chauf- 

 feur. 



A former laborer 

 was wealcened by 

 a gunshot wound 

 in the back and 

 abdomen. He was 

 given a course in 

 mechanical draw- 

 ing and is now 

 employed in a 

 draiting room. 



A soldiersuiiering 

 from chronic ne- 

 phritis, formerly 

 a farmer, studied 

 machine - s h o jp 

 practice and is 

 now employed in 

 the tool room of a 

 motor company. 



A machinist's 

 helper lost the 

 power to use his 

 left hand, was 

 retrained in a 

 course for steam 

 engineering, and 

 is now employed 

 as a stationary 

 engineer in 3 

 rotmdhouse. 



$25 or $10 a 

 Week! 



What is the dif- 

 ference between 

 $2.5 and 510 a week; 

 between comfort 

 and poverty; be- 

 tween independ- 

 ence and the con- 

 stant fear of de- 

 pendency; be- 

 tween saving for a 

 rainy day and liv- 

 ing from hand to 

 mouth? The dif- 

 ference is one of 

 training. It is the 

 difference be- 

 tween the trained 

 and the untrained 

 man. Therefore, 

 take training. 



The American Bee Journal and Gleanings in Bee Culture find many 

 successful apiarists who are partially incapacitated and who would be 

 poorly fitted for most other lines of work. One of these, Mr. Harvey E. 

 Nicholls, of Iowa, when 21 years old lost both legs— one below the thigh, 

 the other below the knee. He did not give up to live on charity, but 

 grew ambitious to make his life a success. He selected beekeeping, pur- 

 chased a colony of l>ees and a, good book on beekeeping that he might 

 study them and neighboring apiaries together. He realized for the 

 season from the one hive 80 pounds of surplus honey and enough for 

 the bees, which, properly packed, wintered so well that they were 

 strong in the spring for gathering nectar and starting an apiary. 



He secured three old hives and two 2-pound packages of bees, also 

 two colonies which he handled on the shares for half. He transferred 

 the bees from the old boxes to standard 10-framed hives. The season's 

 results were 12 colonies and 400 pounds of honey. He al.«o represented 

 the Honey Producers' Supply Co., making something on the side. 

 The next spring, 1918, two more colonies were purchased, added to the 

 dozen, and moved .5 miles into the country, where 45 colonies more were 

 handled for half of the surplus honey. The supply factory work was 

 almost entirely dropped that the bees might have undivided attention. 

 A second-hand Ford was purchased on time, which an artificial leg 

 enabled him to drive as well as anyone. 



The results of the season from May 1 to September 9 were his own ] 4 

 colonies increased to 20, the 4.5 colonies on the shares increased to 85, 

 and cash returns over $800. By adopting the slogan suggested by the 

 Bureau of Entomology, "Keep more bees; keep bees better," he can 

 doubtless greatly increase his income. 



He may be appropriately called a self-made man. In addition to a 

 successful start as a beekeeper he is studying to complete a course in 

 high school. He has helped support his gpandmother and sister, and, 

 believing in tithing, has given one-tenth of his earnings to charities. 



The story of Mr. Nicholls but expresses in part what any disabled 

 man may accomplish with vocational training and devotion to beekeep- 

 ing or some other occupation that Will insure useful and respected 

 citizenship. 



Your disability need not interfere with your engaging in this work, 

 but it may take grit and determination to pull you through the early 

 stages. You may be sure when in the ranks of the good beekeepers 

 you will be associated with admirable people who will gladly aid you 

 in any way possible in making good. 



The Bee Family. 



This interesting family called in bee culture a colony lives in a 

 house known as a hive many of which aggregated form a bee city — an 



Fig. 7a. Queen. 



Fig. 7b. Worker. 



Fig. 7c. Drone. 



