Tomorrow, as I write this, is Mother’s Day. So I thought we might look in on thoughts about women in beekeeping, 124 years ago.
Below is a view from 1902 on who might be the ideal “bee woman”. Note that: A “Bee Woman” who would succeed must have lots of energy and push, and, above all, must not be easily discouraged.” (For easier reading, the full text of the clipping is HERE.
The advice, however, fits any beekeeper aspirant. The quoted beekeeper here in 1902 is simply urging more women to take up the practice.
Others writing in the late 1800s and early 1900s had similar thoughts. In part, they were about giving women who were bound to home and family work, or those supporting themselves entirely, an income stream of their own, from their own labor, and, hopefully, in their control. Below is the clipping, for For easier reading, find the full text of the article HERE.
