The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-21
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Bee. iNsscptnR as an Occupation tor Womcn
Attic convention of the International
American Bee Association, held ut
Brnntford. Ontario, the following essay
by Miss III. \. Butler was read:
The question may he. and no doubt
often has been asked, is bee keeping II
suitahle or desir,ile occupation for wo-
menu" and alter having given it IL pretty
fa;r trial for the last eight years, 1 am
OF the opinion that there is no reason
why any Woman oil moderate strength
and intelligence, should not he able TO
take charge of III ariary OF from thirty
to fifty colonies, with very little assist
ance. and. derive both pleasure and
profit from the employment; ut the
same time, l doubt whether there are
many who wonla succeed very we'll i'll
carrying OH the business alone. though
of course there nre a few who would.
In reading the numerous bec-papers
that nre published nowadays, one FREE
quently meets with articles on the SUBJ
ject of, whether it is best to maize u
specially of bookkeeping, or combine it
with some other occupation. Now j do
not believe that the farmer can carry OH
both farming aud Bookkeeping success
fully himself, but if he has either
daughters or sons, who will make IL
specially of this department. %bee-kccp-
ing, it may very advantageously be COM
bined with farming; and 1 do not know
of any reason why girls might MOI make
as great q success of the business MS
boys.
The wife is supposed to have her
hands quite full enough with household
work, and, L may say, her head, too, and
for any one, either boy or girl, man or
woman, to do any good with bees, they
must give them their individual atten.
ton, and be really interested and ell
thusiastic v their work.
Eternal vigilance is the price of sue
cess" in any business, and in none more
than in Bookkeeping. 1t is not only
labor, but n science, and III make con-
slant demands, not only OF ',e patience,
but on the bodily strens\ nd intelli-
same time there 10 a fascination ,oout
the business which relieves it of all
tediousness. A woman will think of her
bees, study about them, and become SO
interested as to be almost paid for her
work by the love of it.
L believe it would be we'll worth while
for any one who has not been in the
way of having the management of an
apiary, to spend one season with q skill
full bcc-kecper before embarking in the
business oil his Own account, as lie
would then find out not only the best
methods of working, but also whether
the kind o fMoik suited him. However,
even with this preparation, all will not
succeed, for I know q lady who took
this course, and afterwards failed en-
tirely when she was working for her.
self; while others, who have only
learned what they could from books and
papers, besides the suggestions and in
structions given them by more expert
enced Bookkeeping friends, have done
very we'll.
In conclusion, I may shy that q greot
deal of the work in the apiary is quite
MS we'll adapted for women as for men,
and also in the care of the honey, and
in preparing it for market.
Where they nre most likely to feel
their deficiency, is in the lack of skill
to do the various carpentering jobs
that seem to be inseparably connected
with Bookkeeping. / imagine that it is
the exception, rather than the rule, to
find Il who knows how to handle
carpenters tools. though oven this they
may acquire enough of to answer the
purpose. where there is a necessity for
doing sU.