A favorite trapping book, S. Stanley Hawbaker's Trapping North American 
Furbearers has a chapter on Bee Hunting.
The same book published first in 1941 also recommended bee-keeping as a 
suitable summer occupation for the professional trapper who trapped all 
winter. "Some capital is needed to get into the bee business, but once in 
it and you know all the ropes some real easy (in fact the easiest) money 
can be made".  Ah for the good old days!  Howard Kogan

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