The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-27
BEEE<EEpING FOR WOMEN.

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the most successful beekeepers in Hi
nois, Mrs. S. c. Axtell, Roseville, and
appeared in a. recent number of the
American Bee Journal. Women living
upon farm. or in the outskirts of
village, would find pleasure and profit
by keeping one or more colonies of
bees, especially if they desire to have a
few dollars all their own. Even though
they may have their hands already
full of other work, the little time that
it takes to care for bees out-of-doors
would give renewed strength and en-
ergy, so that the time taken for the
bees would not be missed.
In all cool and cloudy or rainy
weather bees ought not to be disturbed,
so that we are not obliged to be out-of-
doors caring fer bees in weather that
would be injurious to our health. When
the bees fly freely, and the wind is not
blowing hard, any time during the
warm part of the day, is a good time
to work with them. | prefer not before
9 o'clock in the forenoon or after in
the afternoon as I find it a little diff
ficult to see the interior of the hive
with my bee-hat on, owing to the sun
being lown down in the horizon.
l do not find the care of bees nearly
so tiresome as most out-of-door work,
or even common housework; washing,
ironing, sweeping, hopping, | find
much more tiresome. / suppose it is
something as we take it; if we like to
do anything, it is more easily done. OF
course, If we are already tired out
before we go to work with the bees, we
will grow more tired, and yet not SO
much more tired as if we had contin-
ued at work IL the house, as it is a
recreation to be out-of-doors in the
glorious sunshine after being shut up
in the house the most of the time per-
haps for days. To feel and breathe the
pure air. and hear the birds sing and
the busy hum of the bee, and the eye
/ to rest upon the green grass and trees,
and brik-Hct flowers. and the beautiful
sky, is restful, even to the tired body
if not continued too long.
The fear of stings, l think, prevents
many from not liking the work, and
I yet when propc--2F protected with bee
hat or faca-Veil, and working only in
/ the warm part of the day, and never
when cloudy, rainy or cold, and with
/ the use of good smoker, one need
rarely be stung, if we Immediately ex-
/ tract the sting by scraping it off mot
pinching it, as that squeezes the poi
son-sac, and causes more poison to
enter the flesh. and then pay no at
tention to the pain, work I'll the harder
/ for few minutes, most people will
] soon get so they do not care if they
are stung, but if we stop work and
nurse the sting, and think about it, it
seems almost unbearable; the mind
being upon it makes it many times
harder to bear.
j Bees for young women would be a
| delightful employment, it seems to me.
/ They could remain at home where they
could be helpful TO their parents, and
at the same be making something for
(, themselves. They, or anyone, should
I not attempt to work with them with
out learning how A dollar spent for
a good book on bee-culture will teach
anyone a great deal Possibly bees
in the old box-hive, kept after the let
] alone fashion. might be profitable, but
l think it pays much better to read up
and find out their needs, and get the
chance to do their best. by giving them
a warm, movable-frame hive where
their wants can all be known and be
supplied from time to time.
|. Women can be just as successful with
bees as men, and that is one kind OF
work they receive just as much pay for
as men. When we take our honey to
market a pound Of honey that a wo-
man gets from her bees brings just as
much as her husbands or brother s
honey.
Honey always brings good price;
at least we have always thought So
When there has been a great deal OF
honey in one year, the price gets lower
but we can afford TO sell lower because
we have more to sell.
more attractive upon our table than
honey in the comb and it is always
ready for immediate use-we do not
have to prepare it and cook it