GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Fig. 2. — O. O. Poppleton standing beside one of 

 Pompano, near Miami, southeast coast 



day. I had not been long on this trip be- 

 fore my chills disappeared, and I began to 

 build U13. A cruiser trijD and a genial com- 

 pany aboard will cure almost any sick man. 

 It certainly put me on the high road to 

 health; and I have been comparatively well 

 ever since. 



Speaking about grapefruit, 1 have now 

 " acquired the habit/' and a good habit it is. 

 Instead of using the more solid foods I now 

 use the lighter acid fruits such as apples, 

 gi'apefruit, and oranges with just enough 

 of the proteins to make a balanced ration. 

 Thanks to Mrs. Selser, who did more for me 

 than all the doctors I ever employed, I am 

 beginning to know how to live. 



Our trip comprised a cruise of some 250 

 or 300 miles down the Indian River and 

 some smaller rivers. We could stop and 

 eat and sleep anywhere at any time. All 

 we had to do was to cast anchor in the lee 

 of some cape or island. There were no hotel 

 bills to pay; for we could eat and sleep on 

 (he boat or go ashore any time we pleased. 



When we ran out of eatables we went 



ashore and bought at 

 tlie groceries as cheap 

 as any one. At the 

 end of our trip we 

 divided up the ex- 

 pense, which, outside 

 of the cruiser, was no 

 moi-e than if we had 

 been at home. 



At Pompano, on 

 the way down, we 

 picked up Mr. 0. 0. 

 Poppleton, the 

 " Floi-ida bee-king," 

 whose headquarters 

 for the last ten or 

 twelve years have 

 been Stuart and Mi- 

 ami. Mr. Poppleton 

 has, during all these 

 years, sailed these 

 wateis back a n d 

 forth until he knows 

 them perfectly. His 

 knowledge of the 

 shallow places was 

 invaluable. 



At Delray we pick- 

 ed up Charlie Repp, 

 of the RepjD Brotli- 

 ers of New Jersey. I 

 have already I'eferred 

 to the interview witli 

 him. He is the fa- 

 mous apple-grower, 

 and one of the great 

 friends of the honey- 

 See Gleanings, May 1, 1914, p. 347. 



POPPLETON LONG IDEA HIVE. 



Tt will be my purpose this time to tell 

 something about Mr. Poppleton, one of the 

 l^ioneers of beedom, wlio has passed the 

 threescore-and-ten mark by one year, and 

 who to-day bridges the days between Lang- 

 stroth and Quinby and the i3resent time. 

 Mr. Poppleton was a successful beekeeper 

 in Iowa away back in the early days. He 

 was one of the very first to discover the 

 value of packing and double-walled hives 

 for wintering boes. He used the Long Idea 

 hive of 24 American frames away back in 

 the early days, and has contintied to use 

 it throughout all the yeai's since. 



Some years ago ill health compelled him 

 to go to Florida, and he, like the rest of us, 

 found there " the fountain of perpetual 

 youth." Although he is now past 70 years 

 of age, he is a man who is remarkably well 

 preserved, and his mind is as clear and 

 strong as it ever was. I counted it a gi'eat 

 privilege to spend several days with this 

 man on board our cruiser, where I could 



his Long Idea hives 

 of Florida. 



bee. 



