BEGINNER'S BEE BOOK 



CHAPTER I 



ATTRACTIONS OF BEEKEEPING 



Beekeepers as a class are very enthusias- 

 tic about their occupation. The successful 

 beekeeper who is not an enthusiast is an excep- 

 tion and there is no class which welcomes new 

 recruits more warmly or gives the secrets of the 

 business more freely. One who having once 

 attended a typical convention of beekeepers, or 

 a field day, does not feel something of this 

 animated interest commonly spoken of as 

 " bee fever," is never likely to become a honey 

 producer. 



Beekeeping has some decided advantages 

 over poultry, gardening, fruit growing , or 

 other light occupations often spoken of as in the, 

 same class. The first advantage is that no spe- 



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