November, 1910. 



American Hee Journal 



353 



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the customers in sucli communities 

 year after year, and that at a good 

 price, as already stated. I have just 

 such customers that bought their tirst 

 lioney from me more than 15 years ago. 



And not only do those customers 

 come back year after year, but if fair 

 treatment is given them, and the right 

 kind of goods are delivered to them, 

 the news will spread, not only in the 

 community, but in far-away places, 

 from the simple fact that a good thing 

 will advertise itself, and you cannot 

 keep it from doing so. In this way 

 relatives a thousand miles away get in 

 touch with you in regard to your prod- 

 uct, and in turn another community is 

 found where new customers will want 

 your product. Although this works 

 slowly, in time it increases as one's 

 business increases, and the time comes 

 when one has all he can do to keep up 

 with the orders. That has bc^n my 

 experience from year to year. From a 

 very small crop of less than 10(H) 

 pounds a vear. over ,50.1)00 pounds last 

 year, and between ()0,000 and 80,000 this 

 year, I will have to increase my output 

 to more than 100.000 pounds next sea- 

 son to keep up with the demand that 

 has increased steadily from year to 

 year. Even this year, as I am closing 

 my patking season, I have orders that 

 I can not fill, for several tons of honey. 



In a subsequent issue I will give the 

 readers in detail my method of ship- 

 ping out all my honey: "Shipper's or- 

 der, sight draft attached to bill of 

 lading," and the advantages of such a 

 method. 



Sketches of Beedomites 



Do Bees Freeze in Winter ? 



We had something here in the way 

 of a swarm of bees that may be a sur- 

 prise to some readers, nevertheless it 

 is true. , 



About the first of May, last year, a 

 very large swarm of bees settled near 

 one of our neighbors' houses, on some 

 low limbs, and not being interested in 

 them they were allowed to remain un- 

 molested. They built combs, stored 

 considerable honey, and wintered right 

 in the open air where they first settled, 

 in spite of the fact that the last was 

 one of the coldest winters we have had 

 in this State for many years, the ther- 

 mometer registering as low as li and 8 

 degrees above zero on several occa- 

 sions. Th" ground was covered with 

 snow thr-e times, and yet the bees of 

 that colonv on the limbs of the tree 

 were as lively and quick to resent an 

 intrusion, if molested. So we have 

 concluded that bees seldom, if ever, 

 freeze to death if they have anything 

 like enough to live on, and if there are 

 enough bees to make a cluster large 

 enough to keep up sufficient warmth. 



No doubt some who tried to poke 

 fun at the writer several years ago for 

 reporting finding a little pauper swarm 

 on a dead limb without any combs or 

 other protection of any kind, when the 

 thermometer had been as low as 18 de- 

 grees above zero the night before (and 

 yet the bees were alive and healthy), 

 will want to know if- this outdoor col- 

 ony of last winter was not imported 

 through either Peary or Cook from up 

 near the North Pole! L. B. Smith. 



Rescue, Tex. 



E. B. TYRRELL 



The subject of this sketch was born 

 May IG, 1877, in Genesee Co., Mich. His 

 interest in bees began with the pur- 

 chase of his first colony in the fall of 

 1894. Kver since then he has been a 

 devoted student of bee-keeping. De- 

 prived of his father at the age of .5 

 months, the task of bringing up a mis- 

 chievous boy fell upon his mother. 

 VVithout financial means, making a 

 living for herself and boy was little if 

 anything short of a struggle. His be- 

 loved mother now makes her home 

 with "E. B." 



Before Mr. Tyrrell had quite finished 

 high school, he concluded it was more 

 profitable to cut stove-wood at 35 cents 

 per cord with a schoolmate who is 

 now Professor of Chemistry in one of 

 the New York State colleges. This 

 ended his college education. 



In 1899 he became a member of the 

 Ancient Order of Gleaners, a farmers' 

 fraternal beneficiary association, and 

 took up Deputy work for them that 

 same fall. The membership at that 

 time was a little over 8000. The second 

 winter he took charge of a force of 5 



E. B. TlRR ELL. 



deputies, organizing new lodges 

 throughout Northern Michigan. His 

 part of the work was selecting new 

 locations, holding public meetings and 

 organizing the lodges when readv. 



In the fall of 1901 Mr. Tyrrel'l mar- 

 ried Miss Maud Enos, of Vassar, Mich., 

 and their wedding trip took them to 

 the first bee-keepers' convention he 

 ever attended — that of the National, 

 held at ButTalo, N. Y., in connection 



with the Pan-American Exposition. 

 (Since then two husky boys have be- 

 come members of the Tyrrell family, 

 age 5 and 7 years, respectively, who 

 try their best to prove to their' father, 

 by their actions, just what a Herculean 

 task his mother had on her shoulders 

 when " E. B." was a boy !) His mar- 

 riage, in a measure, spoiled his taste 

 for Deputy work. However, after a 

 very severe winter in which his losses 

 in bees were heavy, he was tendered 

 the position of District Deputy, which 

 led up in a short time to that of State 

 Deputy for the Gleaners, for Indiana. 

 His present position — the one he has 

 held since February, 1907 — is that of 

 Field Manager for the Order above 

 mentioned, with offices in Detroit. The 

 territory covered is in the States of 

 Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and 

 Iowa. Since Mr. Tyrrell took hold of 

 this organization it has grown to a 

 present membership of 65,000. Surely 

 this shows hustle and executive ability 

 of a high order. 



During all this time Mr. Tyrrell has 

 been to a greater or less extent inter- 

 ested in bees and bee-keeping. His 

 home has always been in the country, 

 with the exception of the last two years 

 which have been spent in Detroit, 

 where his work is now located. His 

 experience in organization work, con- 

 tact with city conditions in regard to 

 markets, and his knowledge of bee- 

 keeping and the bee-keepers' work, 

 leads him to believe that the time is 

 soon coming when a proper organiza- 

 tion among bee-keepers will place them 

 in absolute control of the marketing of 

 their product. 



Mr. Tyrrell is the very active Secre- 

 tary of the Michigan Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, where he has inaugurated a 

 work that is beginning to tell most 

 emphatically for the advancement of 

 the members of that organization. At 

 the Albany convention, held Oct. 13 

 and 13, he was nominated as a candi- 

 date for Secretary of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, as will be noted 

 by the election ballot sent out to its 

 members this month. That he would 

 make an ideal secretary in any organi- 

 tion in which he puts his unusual vim 

 and energy go»s without saying. 



We have had the pleasure of meeting 

 Mr. Tyrrell personally several times, 

 and have been exceedingly well im- 

 pressed by the forcefulness of his char- 

 acter, and the great interest he is tak- 

 ing in trying to put bee-keeping on a 

 more profitable basis. His work in 

 connection with the Michigan Associa- 

 tion thus far places him in the fore- 

 front as a leader in the activities of 

 modern beedom. 



Worth Many Times Its Price. 



To one who takes an interest in honey- 

 bees, the American Bee Journal is worth its 

 price many times over. 



Tacoma, Wash. P. A. Noruan. 



