. Bee keeping. April 1919. To the disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines. To aid them in choosing a vocation. Bees. Beekeeping Permits Serious Handicaps. Beekeeping, like many other lines of agriculture, presents an excep- tionally attractive and profitable vocation to the disabled men of the â war. The handling of bees is interesting and encourages the most valuable exercise, but the muscular effort is small. It probably re- quii-es less constant devotion, except during the main honey-flow, than any other country pursuit. Therefore it is especially attractive to the convalescing or those who
. Bee keeping. April 1919. To the disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines. To aid them in choosing a vocation. Bees. Beekeeping Permits Serious Handicaps. Beekeeping, like many other lines of agriculture, presents an excep- tionally attractive and profitable vocation to the disabled men of the â war. The handling of bees is interesting and encourages the most valuable exercise, but the muscular effort is small. It probably re- quii-es less constant devotion, except during the main honey-flow, than any other country pursuit. Therefore it is especially attractive to the convalescing or those who have recovered from wounds, even if they have lost one or more limbs. Though handicapped in various ways you may confidently hope to become as near 100 per cent efficient in bee culture as in any other work. A beekeeper should, however, have one good hand and arm. Heads, you wlnl From the neck down you may be worth $ per day; from your neck up you may be worth any price, providea you will get pre- pared to do well the occupation which you . and the representa- tives of the Fed- eral Board find to be most suitable for you with your Fig. 6a.âMr, Donnegan, beekeeper despite handicap. Fi j. 6b.âMr. Nicholls, apiarist, lost both legs. Uncle Sam offers you every-possible assistance in the way of artificial limbs, interchangeable devices, and vocational training for the greatest possible success in bee culture. Such opportunity was not offered the disabled veterans of the Civil War, Mr. John Donnegan, of Seguin, Tex., whose photograph shows him using a special strap which he debased to serve in place of his missing hand in moving honey supers, hives, and frames of comb. He has made a wonderful success and spent the greater part of his life as a beekeeper. The ingenious use of a strap around his shoulders with a snap that can easily be attached to a screweye placed in the various articles to be handled, but poorly takes the place of appliances and an artificial hand
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