9a BEGINNER'S BEE BOOK 



with safety. In addition, the entrance should 



be closed, and if the hive can be raised a few 

 inches off the bottom to leave a space under 

 the frames it is very desirable. Nearly every 

 beekeeper of experience can point to some dis- 

 astrous result of moving bees without sufficient 

 ventilation. In cold weather or ^\'hen there is 

 little brood in the hive, the difficulties are 

 much less. 



Starting Beekeepinc; Commercially. — 

 To the man who expects to make beekeeping a 

 business some of the advice above given will 

 hardly apply. He will wish to start on a larger 

 scale and increase as rapidly as is consistent 

 with safety in order to get returns as soon as 

 possible. ^^Tiile many men have taken up bee- 

 keeping without previous training and have 

 succeeded, it is a better plan to spend a season 

 in the employ of a successful apiarist and to 

 become familiar with the general practice of 

 beekeeping. He can then buy a reasonable 



