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FOLLOWING THE BEE LINE 
However, if a woman contemplates going into the 
business on a large scale, there is one consideration 
of weight. Presuming she does not care to be just 
a “back lot-er” or “side line-er” but is ambitious to 
be a commercial honey producer, she must expect 
plenty of heavy lifting. For, unless there are many 
heavy supers of honey to lift off, one is not successful! 
If she has strong arms and back and lungs, she can 
probably take care of her business alone, doing the 
lifting and everything else connected with it. 
Of course, if the woman in question can always 
have a willing husband, or male helper of other de¬ 
nomination, hovering within call, she is fortunate 
and need not hesitate about entering the field on 
that score. 
Furthermore, there are hard and easy, right and 
wrong, ways of using one’s muscles when lifting 
heavy weights. I was once advised by a noted ortho¬ 
pedic specialist to watch piano movers at work and 
notice what muscles they used. They took much 
of the weight with their bent legs, thus markedly 
lessening chest and abdominal strain. It was a 
profitable demonstration to me, as it would be to 
any woman beekeeper not of Amazonian physique. 
Short, strong backs also have the advantage over 
long ones in an occupation where there is much lift- 
