June, 1910. 



American ^ee Journal 



lumber-sheds, main office-building and 

 lumber vard, with a piling space for 

 2,000,000'feet of lumber. 



More wonderful is the fact that this 

 splendid monument to untiring effort 

 and progress has sprung up from a 



large, a splendid hammer would be 

 put in without extra charge. 



The G. B. Lewis Company have been 

 manufacturing Lewis Beeware for 35 

 years. Tlieir employees have been 

 trained in the making of the perfect 



of wliom produce honey by the ton- 

 This product lias a national reputation, 

 and not only sells all over the United 

 States, but in all parts of the Globe, 

 and is known as the "Beeware Brand." 



It is very rare in beedom that a fac- 

 tory which has been burned to the 

 ground has been rebuilt so quickly, so 

 completely and on so large a scale as 

 has been the case with that of the G. B. 

 Lewis Company. In view of this we 

 feel it is well worthy of special men- 

 tion and description. We are always 

 glad to help along a deserving institu- 

 tion, especially if that institution is 

 really run in the interest of bee-keep- 

 ing in general, and conducted on right 

 principles. We know this applies to 

 "The Home of Beeware," for we have 

 been acquainted with the G. B. Lewis 

 Company for over 25 years, and have 

 yet to hear of anything unfavorable 

 concerning them or the goods they 

 manufacture and send out to the bee- 

 keeping world. 



Fig. I.— Main Operati.\g I'lant ok G. B. Lewis Company. Watektown. Wis. 



mass of charred ruins in but a few 

 months. Now while the bees are work- 

 ing industriously in the fields,the wheels 

 of the new Lewis plant are turning day 

 and night to supply the demand for 

 bee-goods, which has been coming in 

 from all sides. To meet this demand it 

 has been necessary to operate the plant 

 day and night, with a working force of 

 over 100 hands on bee-hives and parts, 

 as well as sections, at a weekly pay-roll 

 of over $1000. This gives a daily out- 

 put of hundreds of hives and over 100,- 

 000 sections. The average consumption 

 of lumber is over 20,000 feet per day, 

 the planing of which alone produces 

 several tons of shavings, which are 

 mechanically baled and sold in the mar- 

 ket by the carload. 



This plant has one-half mile of pri- 

 vate railroad track, so that the raw ma- 

 terial can be hauled to its door and be 

 taken away in the shape of the finished 

 product without unnecessary delay and 

 cartage. 



One novel feature of this new plant 

 is Superintendent L. W. Parks' office, 

 shown in Fig. 2. It is suspended be- 

 tween the steel trusses of the operating 

 plant, about 10 feet from the floor, and 

 through the large windows an excellent 

 view of all the interior parts of the fac- 

 tory is obtained. The superintendent 

 is thus able to attend to his desk-work 

 and at the same time keep in constant 

 actual touch with all work in the fac- 

 tory. 



I was not only told, but could really 

 see, when visiting this plant, that Lewis 

 Beeware has now reached such a state 

 of perfection that it is in reality " K. D. 

 Furniture." The parts are all accurately 

 made of the very finest clear, white, 

 lumber; all parts very carefully fitted, 

 so that wdien they are received no 

 operation to make them lit is necessary 

 other than the putting together. In 

 fact, everything required for the setting 

 up of the hive but the hammer is sent 

 right along with the goods. And we 

 doubt not if the order were sufficiently 



article, constantly keeping watch over 

 all the machinery, which is strictly 

 modern and up to date, and, in fact, the 

 very best that American skill can pro- 

 duce for the making of bee-supplies. 

 In this way the out-put is kept up to 

 the standard. Since the Lewis plant 

 was in its infancy the best materials 



Indiaua Bee-luspec tioii Work 



We have received from Benjamin W. 

 Douglass, of Indianapolis, Ind., who is 

 the State Entomologist, his second An- 

 nual Report, covering 1908-1909. The 

 volume consists of 248 pages, is cloth- 

 bound, and most beautifully printed 

 and illustrated. The bee-inspection 

 work is written by George S. Demuth, 

 Assistant in charge of the Division of 

 Apiculture, and covers 40 pages. No 

 doubt, a copy of this interesting book 

 can be had by applying to Mr. Doug- 



KiG. 2.— Superintendent's Office in Interior Main Operating Plant of G. h. Lewis 



Company— Pay Day. 



have always gone into the manufacture 

 of Lewis Beeware, and during all the 

 years of its commercial life the quality 

 has never been sacriliced. To this is 

 undoubtedly due the fact that Lewis 

 Beeware is now used by the most suc- 

 cessful bee-men in the country, many 



lass. livery bee-keeper in Indiana 

 ought to have a copy of it. 



When forwarding to us the copy of 

 the Report referred to above, Mr. 

 Douglass wrote as follows : 



Editor .American Bee Joirnai,. 

 Dear .sir: — I am sendini; you. under sep- 



