March, 1913. 



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turned his attention to bees, and was 

 the first to use, or at any rate describe 

 (1859) the frame hive in England, un- 

 less we include the obsolete type in- 

 vented by Munn. In 1858 and 1859 his 

 observations on the formation of the 

 cells of the honey-bee were published. 

 Darwin, in "The Origin of Species," 

 records his repetition of Mr. Teget- 

 meier's experiments in cell production. 



A small, anonymous work of 30 

 pages, written by him, entitled, " Bees, 

 Hives and Honey," was published in 

 1865. 



At one time, about 1860, Tegetmeier 

 was secretary of a bee-keeping society, 

 but appears never to have been con- 

 nected with the British Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. Geo. W. Bullamore. 



Death of D. H. Coggshall.— The bee- 

 keepers form a closely related brother- 

 hood, and take much interest in one 

 another's affairs. This is the more 

 true of those in the public eye. 



Mr. David H. Coggshall, of Groton, 

 N. Y., died suddenly in Sayre, while 

 about to take a connecting train for 

 Florida. 



Mr. Coggshall was born Dec. 1, 1847, 

 in Groton, in which township he made 

 his home all his life. 



On Feb. 24, 1869, he was married to 

 Clarinda F. Smith, also of Groton. 



The Late D. H. Coggshall. . ; 



Three children were born to them, 

 two of whom reached adult years, Mrs. 

 H. J. Blanchard, of Groton, and L. L. 

 Coggshall, of Locke. 



It was as an apiarist Mr. Coggshall 

 was best known. He became inter- 

 ested in bee-culture in 1861, when he 



was given a swarm of bees by his 

 grandfather, William Smith. 



He began a series of experiments 

 with them, and was very successful. 

 He branched out in the business, and 

 at one time had about 800 colonies. 

 He was the first producer and shipper 

 of e.xtracted honey in this part of the 

 State. 



Mr. Coggshall bought a place in 

 Stuart, Fla., about eight years ago, 

 and had been there every winter since. 

 He took a great deal of pride in the 

 place, and built a house in the center of 

 the three lots which he purchased. 

 The rest of the property he set out to 

 citrus fruit trees and cocoanuts. He 

 also bought another lot adjoining the 

 St. Lucie River, and built a dock and 

 boat house for housing his gasoline 

 launch, which has a capacity of Lj peo- 

 ple. Without bees, of course, the place 

 would not have been complete, so he 

 purchased a few colonies, enough to 

 keep his own table and his friends 

 supplied with honey. 



Arabian Honey and Wax The fol- 

 lowing is from a report by Consul 

 Walter H. Schulz, Aden, Arabia: 



" .Arabian honey, which is frequently 

 mentioned by historians as an impor- 

 tant export from .\den in early times, 

 is no longer an item in the export 

 trade. Small quantities, however, con- 

 tinue to come from Mokalla, 400 miles 

 east of Aden, and it is also exported 

 from that place to India in small quan- 

 tities. The decline in the honey and 

 wax industry has been a gradual one 

 for centuries, and is attributed to a 

 diminution in the rainfall. The honey 

 that comes to market in Aden is packed 

 in gourds and goatskins, and some- 

 times in hollow pumpkins. 



" Wax imports and exports are con- 

 siderable, but include little or none of 

 the .-Xrabian wax, consisting largely 

 of importations from Eritrea and 

 French Somaliland." 



Bee-I^eping <^ For Women 



Conducted bv Miss Emma M. Wilson. Marengo, III. 



Winter Work 



Mr. Byer says, page 52, "Here in On- 

 tario, during the months of January 

 and February, the bee-keepers do 

 about the same thing as their bees — 

 practically nothing, ip so far as real 

 work in the apiary is concerned." 



To be sure, Mr. Byer, but isn't there 

 a lot of work not really included under 

 the head of work in the apiary that 

 bee-keepers can profitably do during 

 winter months ? 



Pretty good plan to clean all supers 

 and hives not in use, and do any re- 

 pairing that is needed. Make new 

 hives, frames, supers, etc., if any e.x- 

 tras will be needed for the coming sea- 

 son. If you use T-tins have them all 

 cleaned, too. It gives one a comfort- 

 able feeling to know that everything is 

 shipshape and ready for use at a min- 

 ute's notice. 



In this " locality " we like to have our 

 sections all made, filled with founda- 

 tion and put into supers, all ready to 

 set on hives when needed. It is not 

 pleasant to put in foundation in very 

 hot weather, when the foundation will 

 crumple down under your fingers. Of 

 course, you can do it if you get up 

 early enough, and use only the early 

 morning hours, but why not have it all 

 done before the weather gets warm, 

 and have a comfortable time doing it ? 



Now, Mr. Byer, I venture to say 

 there is a whole lot of work you do 

 yourself during these same winter 

 months. You wouldn't be a bee-keeper 

 if you didn't. Own up now, don't you 

 do heaps of planning about the bees 

 while they are quietly taking their win- 

 ter nap .'' 



The winter is an excellent time to 

 read up on bee-literature, especially to 

 go over the bee journals that received 



only a hasty reading during the busy 

 season. 



[Not only is winter a good time for 

 this, but the rainy days of March and 

 April offer another excellent opportu- 

 nity. — Editor.) 



A Lady Bee-Keeper of California 



I am sending you a couple views of 

 apiaries, as requested in the Bee Jour- 

 nal. I feel indebted to a lady tourist 

 who subscribed for me, and I ought to 

 /<ass it oil. She saw my bees working 

 in February last. I showed them to 



A Hive Perched on a Pedestal Like a 

 Sun Dial. 



her, as I would to any other traveler, 

 when I found that she had kept bees 10 

 years or more (Mrs. J. J. Glessner, of 

 Chicago). She also gave me the book 

 " Fifty Years Among the Bees." There 

 are many who read the Bee Journal in 

 the West. 



The hive on a pedestal looks like a 

 sun dial, and interests our visitors. 

 These bees are in the valley. The 



