. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb. 21, 1907 H^^^^C American T^ee Journalj^^ 151 ?i'f^^ prove all right, even as it did unex- pectedly with me, when I moved my bees in December. Bee-Keeping for Farm Boys and Girls Once more the Christmas bells have rung, and again the happy New Year is given to the contented and happy people of Canada. This is the time ot year for municipal elections, conventions, and of annual meetings of the different societies of the land, and it is well that the people (farmers included) should take stock of how they are prospering in their calling. The farmers
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb. 21, 1907 H^^^^C American T^ee Journalj^^ 151 ?i'f^^ prove all right, even as it did unex- pectedly with me, when I moved my bees in December. Bee-Keeping for Farm Boys and Girls Once more the Christmas bells have rung, and again the happy New Year is given to the contented and happy people of Canada. This is the time ot year for municipal elections, conventions, and of annual meetings of the different societies of the land, and it is well that the people (farmers included) should take stock of how they are prospering in their calling. The farmers of Ontario have one very great advantage over those of the West, in that they can carry on so many different branches of farming. Now, Mr. Editor, I propose another line of husbandry which 1 would recommend, espe- cially to the young men and women, and that is bee-keeping. I see no reason why the farmers' sons and daughters of Ontario could not keep a few hives of bees. I do not know of any greater luxury on the farm than plenty of honey. There are very few people who do not like a dish of honey, but I believe a great many people think it is impossible to keep bees without getting stung. I have kept a few colonies for the last 25 years, and there is no more 'danger in opening a hive of bees than in leading a young horse to water, when you understand them. In the first place, there is no insect that the temperature of the weather affects so much, and then it is so very easy to protect yourself that the dan- ger of being stung is nothing. My outfit consists of a veil fastened to an old hat, coverinir neck and face, then a pair of harvest glovis and a smoker lilled with rotten wood and a coal, and 1 am ready for business. Of course, the most ot the work with bees is done in warm weather in summer. I do not recommend any one to rush in heavily until he becojiies acquainted with them. I trust these few ideas will set some of our young farmers to trying a colony in the spring, and t
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