Bee-Keeping for Beginners - According to the Syllabus of the Board of Education for Schools #226126

There are many advantages connected with bee keeping. Not the least of these is the fact that a great many of the manipulations must be conducted in the open air, and thus both health and strength may be improved. One of the most celebrated bee keepers was Lorenzo Lorain Langstroth, an Ameri can, who was born in the year 1810. He was brought up as a clergyman, but owing to ill-health he was obliged to give up his profession and take to oat-door exercise. He was ever a lover of insects, and SO he took to bee-keeping. His health at once improved, and he attributes his very long life solely to bee-keeping. It has Often been said that it is a.