Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1908 — Bees and Boys. [ARTICLE]

Bees and Boys.

In many of the California apiaries boys are being employed almost altogether to take care of the bees. It is only in swarming time that other help is needed. After a little experience a boy can care for many hives, and it is said that they are not stung as often as the men. It has been figured up that a farmer’s boy who is given five hives of bees to begin with and who will work industriously can make more money in ten years than his father can on a farm of IGA acres. Clover honey brings a good price, and the market is always short of it—Philadelphia Telegraph.