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Medina, Ohio, where are situated the vention which greatly simplified the 

 workshops and apiaries of the A. I. whole problem of handling' and keep- 

 Root Company, which has fitted out ing bees in a captive state. Bee keep- 

 many an aspiring- bee student. Not far ers the world over are indebted to old 

 away from Medina is the old Mecca of Father Langstroth, as he is lovingly 

 bee keepers, Oxford, Ohio, where lived termed by bee keepers. His book on 



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and dwelt the sage of apiculture, the 

 late Reverend L. L. Langstroth who by a 

 careful study of bees evolved a system 

 of bee keeping that has created an im- 

 portant industry out of what was for- 

 merly a fascinating hobby and nothing 

 more. 



Mr. Langstroth was a true nature 

 study man, a real companion to such 

 men - as Alexander Wilson, Thoreau, 

 John James Audubon and John Bur- 

 roughs. Lie studied bees simply be- 

 cause he had to. Nature would not let 

 him do anything else though, like Jan 

 Swammerdam, his great predecessor, 

 he had to give something to the claims 

 of theology. Unconsciously he gave 

 to the whole race of bee keepers an in- 



bees is a classic well worth careful 

 reading and study even now and likely 

 to be all down the ages. 



The Root establishment at Medina is 

 now the modern Mecca and with good 

 reason. It is the only place in America 

 where one may view the whole bee in- 

 dustry at a glance. Moreover it is the 

 handiest place for a bee student to get 

 a fairly good insight into the pros and 

 cons of bee culture. Many teachers' 

 organizations have made a pilgrimage 

 to the Root establishment just to add 

 another fact or two to their repertoire 

 and it would be rather strange if a 

 teacher did not learn a few facts on 

 such a pilgrimage. 



In the first place there is an apiary 



EDWARD F. BIGELOW r INSTRUCTING CLASS AT MEDINA 



