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A Modern Bee-Fc 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 THE ROAD TO SUCCESS 



FOR THE BEE-KEEPER AND SMALL FARMER. 



UNDER this heading I may be repeating some 

 items already brought before the reader's notice ; 

 but does not the student go through a course of 

 constant repetition before he masters the subjects set out 

 before him ? Does the child learn to put his words in 

 writing in a single day, and as he travels onwards towards 

 the knowledge of life, can he grasp the full meaning of 

 life at a glance ? No ! even man's successes are taken 

 step by step, until at last he can plant his feet firmly 

 upon the heights, and may say " Tis done ! Excelsior " ! { 

 The beginner at least, will follow me just here, and 

 when I come to think of the numbers of old friends, and 

 old bee-masters, too, who have assured me they have read 

 every page of the former editions of this work over and 

 over again, I feel that some at least of the older members 

 of the craft, will follow me throughouj: this chapter. 



The Bee-keeper is Looking for Success, 



as not simply the final result of his labours, but as the 

 j'early ending to his strenuous endeavours in the apiary. 

 And yet each year may require some different manage- 



