Salt Lake Herald | 1890-02-23 | Page 4 | Bee Keeping

BEE KEEPING Is It S a Suitable Occupation for Women to Kii ago In At a recent be keeper convention a laiiy member from Campbellford Ont read ap essay on Bee Keeping as an Oao1r1Qthn fas Women Hoviruzirican the matter a lair trial ror the last oignl years she was of the opinion that there i no reason why any woman of moderate moder-ate strength and intelligence should not be able t take charge of an apiary ol from thirty to fifty colonies with very iittleassistance and derive both pleasure and profit from the employment at the same time she doubts whether there are many who would succeed very well in carrying on the business alone though of course there are a few who would While not believing that a farmer can carry on both farming and bee keping successfully himself she says But i he has either daughters or eons who will make a specialty of this department bee keeping i mar r advantageously be combined with farming nod I do sol know of any reason why gJrls might no make as great a success of the bun a boys Eternal vigilance is the price of success suc-cess in airy bnsiihss and in nonemore than iu bee JLeepiruj It is not only labor but a science and will make constant demand not ouy on tho patience but on the bodily strength aud intelligence ol those who engage in it at the same time there is a fascination about the business which relieves it of all tediousness jA woman will think of her bees study about them and become so interested aj to be almost paid for her work by the hive l of it In conclusion the essayist said A great deal of the work in the apiary is quite a well adapted for women as foi nien and also in the case of the honey and preparing it for market Where they most feel then deficiency is in the lack of skill t do the various carpentering carpenter-ing jobs that seem to be inseparably connected con-nected with bee keeping I