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Show Women In Bee Business In tho Farm and Fireside Emily L. Tucker says that beekoeplng Is a good way fdr women to earn a llttlo pin money. Following 1b an extract: Beekeeping means not only pleas-uro pleas-uro and profit but h more healthful condition of body and mind. It Is well ndapted to women and fits In with other work. It Is not necessary to devoto any regular time to It, as you can generally plan for It according accord-ing to the work you havo on hand and the season Is practically confined confin-ed to six months of tho year. As to location, it Is possible to keep bees In the city, even on the roofs of buildings, but ot course It Is much better to bo In the suburbs and better bet-ter still In the country. My sister and I have kept bees for ttie past olght years. We started with only two colonies. At the end of our first season we had Increased our colonies to four and had taken off twenty-five boxes of honey, besides be-sides several moro boxes partly finished. fin-ished. Wo gradually increased to nineteen colonies, but found that was too many to care for with our other work, so wo havo only thirteen at the present. Our crop of honey varies according to conditions. Some seas ons we haVQ had over four hundred and fifty boxes of honey, besides many unfinished boxes that wo keep for our own use. What wo sell retails re-tails for twenty-flvo cents per box, but wo mnke a special 'price to dealers Tho net amount received for honey adds quite a llttlo to our Income. |