. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 504 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Dec. 21, 1911. bee-keepers, and the result is that few of us can get a large take from our hives. I invariably reply to my enquirers that their fears are unfounded, and ask them to take a more unselfish view of the hobby and see if there is not something besides honey to be gained by keeping bees. In the first place I advocate bee-keeping because of its levelling influence; notice a meeting of bee-keepers, and you will see bankers, doctors, and labourers all so in- terested in the hobby that their position in
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 504 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Dec. 21, 1911. bee-keepers, and the result is that few of us can get a large take from our hives. I invariably reply to my enquirers that their fears are unfounded, and ask them to take a more unselfish view of the hobby and see if there is not something besides honey to be gained by keeping bees. In the first place I advocate bee-keeping because of its levelling influence; notice a meeting of bee-keepers, and you will see bankers, doctors, and labourers all so in- terested in the hobby that their position in life is insignificant and they all become friends, aye, and fast friends. Of course, trees, the very fields look different to him, in fact he discovers beauty in things which he would not have had the patience to look at before his bee-keeping days, and he makes, as I have said before, friends; in short, he becomes a different man alto- gether, and finds life is really worth living. There is another point which commends itself to me, and that is that bee-keeping is an outdoor pursuit, and the person who has to follow an indoor occupation will derive much pleasure and benefit from the hobby because it is carried on in the open- air. Even when no manipulations are to be carried out, the bee-keeper can sit for. MR. M. J. STEVENSON. I admit that amongst all fanciers to a cer- tain extent this spirit is noticeable, but in bee-keeping it is most pronounced, and on this score alone, the hobby is to be greatly commended. Then again, I advocate bee-keeping because of its edvica- tional value. Persuade one of the roughest labouring men (as I have done and love to do) to keep bees, and you will begin to notice a change come over him ; inoculate him with what we call "bee fever," and he begins to see things which he had never observed before, he commences to study, he becomes interested in the flowers and hours without ennui and watch the bees, while he might perhaps have been fa
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