BEE-KEEPING FOR BEGINNERS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Advantages of Bee-keeping. — Usefulness of Bees : (o) as 

 Producers of Food otherwise wasted ; (A) as Fertil- 

 isers, VALUABLE TO THE FARMER OR GARDENER. — DISTRICTS 

 SUITABLE TO THE INDUSTRY. 



There are many advantages connected with bee- 

 keeping. Not the least of these is the fact that a 

 great many of the manipulations must be conducted 

 in the open air, and thus both health and strength 

 may be improved. One of the most celebrated bee- 

 keepers was Lorenzo Lorain Langstroth, an Ameri- 

 can, who was born in the year 1810. He was 

 brought up as a clergyman, but owing to ill-health 

 he was obliged to give up his profession and take 

 to out-door exercise. He was ever a lover of insects, 

 and so he took to bee-keeping. His health at once 

 improved, and he attributes his very long life solely 

 to bee-keeping. It has often been said that it is a 



