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Beekeeping 
the proper emphasis may be placed on the various subjects, 
although naturally there is less opportunity for practice 
with the bees. The ideal plan is to take the prescribed 
course and then spend the following summer in the apiary 
of the best beekeeper available. The student is then able 
to understand more clearly what he sees and hears and is 
better able to recognize and perhaps mentally to condemn 
the little peculiarities in practice which one encounters 
occasionally in the manipulations of practical beekeepers. 
If the teaching of beekeeping is conducted wisely, it should 
result not only in increased knowledge of bees, but in the 
training of more professional beekeepers. 
Beginner’s outfit. 
It is only with experience that one is able to judge of the 
comparative merits of different hives and other equipment, 
but the beginner usually desires definite information con¬ 
cerning the equipment which should be purchased. The 
giving of such advice is attended with some risk, for one 
hesitates to advise an equipment which may be discarded 
when the beekeeper becomes more familiar with the business. 
In the following lists, the choice is made on the basis of the 
equipment which is preferred by the majority of'good bee¬ 
keepers and not alone on the author’s personal preferences. 
General equipment: — 
Bee veil. 
Smoker — medium size. 
Gloves (for the beginner only). 
Some kind of hive tool — a screwdriver will answer. 
For each colony: — 
Bottom board of | inch material. 
10-frame Langstroth hive — preferably single-walled. 
Self-spacing frames, punched for wiring. 
Medium brood foundation, 11 lb. for each hive body. 
Telescope cover. 
