Gleanings in bee culture . farmer to do all of his hardwork for him. What he wants and needsis the open air, and this he can get by own-ing a small apiary and by working his yardintensively. This would be much betterthan owning- more bees, as it would paybetter for the money invested. By having his bee-house and work-shopbelow the colonies the honey could be easilywheeled to the extractor in small ([uantitieswithout expending so much vital energ-v^ aswould be the case without a wheelbarrow orhand cart. Then, again, many teachers, among themmyself, are afflicted to some extent withrheumatism. T
Gleanings in bee culture . farmer to do all of his hardwork for him. What he wants and needsis the open air, and this he can get by own-ing a small apiary and by working his yardintensively. This would be much betterthan owning- more bees, as it would paybetter for the money invested. By having his bee-house and work-shopbelow the colonies the honey could be easilywheeled to the extractor in small ([uantitieswithout expending so much vital energ-v^ aswould be the case without a wheelbarrow orhand cart. Then, again, many teachers, among themmyself, are afflicted to some extent withrheumatism. They are often cured by thestings of the bee. By this I do not inferthat eveiy case can be cured by the methodgiven; but at any rate, from my own ex-perience I have found that, wiien I amaway teaching, I often have a touch of thedisease; but on coming home on vacationsor in the summer I am not troubled in thatway at all. Further, on looking- into thematter I find that the hospitals in the local 540 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Drinkini;- to the health of the bees ;uid their hostess. cities use the remedy for certain cases, withalmost miraculous results. Still another reason is that the thoughtsof the teacher are taken completely awayfrom the cares of teaching. This is broughtabout by the bee fever, with thoughtsonly of bee lore filling his mind. The knowledge derived from beekeeping-can certainly be made a source of enthu-siasm to both teacher and pupil if the sameamount of tact is used in arousing interestas in the other subjects. In other words,it brings about better harmony in the school-room, with less effort on the part of theteacher. Thus the schoolmaster uses avaluable asset that counts toward successin his career. One who has learned the principles ofnature by a close obseivation of the inmatesof the hive will be greatly aided in under-standing the different traits of characterexhibited in the children, and will be muchmore ready to cope with the many difficul-ties that are
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