HOW TO GET THE BEES 67 



the first opportunity. They not only re- 

 turn but are able to maintain themselves 

 in a wild state — something that could 

 hardly be said of any of our domesticated 

 animals with which we stock our farms. 



The new beekeeper therefore has at 

 least one source of stock upon which to 

 draw that is not open to other "stock 

 raisers." Even in Jersey one can not go 

 out and catch himself a Jersey cow any- 

 time he wants it and if I am correctly in- 

 formed, Shanghai roosters are as carefully 

 cooped in Shanghai as they are in Bos- 

 ton. Wild bees can be obtained from the 

 woods in many parts of the United States 

 and in the more remote portions they are 

 sometimes very common. All one has to 

 do is to go out and locate a bee-tree and 

 remove the bees. Sounds simple, all 

 right, but there are strings to the scheme 

 just as there are to all other easy-money 

 propositions. In the first place the bee- 

 keeper must locate the bee-tree, which is 

 not the easiest thing in the world for a 



