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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



bees than the Leiningers have. They are 

 queen-breeders as well as honey-producers, 

 and as such hsLve been making a siiecialty of 

 a fine strain of gentle honej'-gathereis that 

 are uniformly marked. The bees of every 

 colony were so near alike in their yards that 

 it would be practically impossible to distin- 

 guish one from the other. Yes, we did find 

 just one with different bees in the yard of 

 Mr. Allemier, tlie father-in-law of Mr. Lein- 

 inger. This happened lo be a pick-up 

 swarm. 



The apiaries where we met were models — • 

 everything so neat, grass kept down, hives 

 in perfect rows, and in groups of twos, 

 threes, and fours. The hives were home- 

 made, but as perfect as a factoiy product, 

 because Mr. Leininger is a fine mechanic. 



We wondered if this slicked-up appear- 

 ance was a common every-day affair, or 

 only special for this field day meet. Mr. 

 Morris and Mr. Ames, bee-inspectors, said 

 Ihey had been at these yards at different 

 times unannounced, but they had never 

 been on the premises when there was not 

 perfect neatness and orderly arrangement. 

 We observed that Mr. Leininger had been 

 breeding, not for bright yellow color, but 

 for uniform color, three yellow bands, gen- 

 tleness, and good honey-gathering qualities. 

 He has surely secured a perfect combina- 

 tion. The bunch of beekeepers walked all 

 through the yards, sitting on the hives, get- 

 ting in front of the entrances, and, notwith- 

 standing the bees were flying well that day, 

 not a person was stung, except when Mr. 

 Morris, one of the state inspectors, gave a 

 live-bee demonstration. He went at them 

 with a vengeance- -poured the bees all over 

 himself, put handfuls of them in his mouth, 

 and then blew them on the girls. He was 

 not stung in the mouth, but was stung once 

 or twice on his bai'e arms and hands. If the 

 Leininger strain had not been as gentle as 

 it was, he might have come to grief; but he 

 said he knew the bees. 



We ha\'e secured a beautiful photograph 

 of this field-day group of beekeepers, and 

 we hope to present it to our readers in our 

 next issue. If the meet had been advertised 

 in several issues in advance, the attendance, 

 doubtless, would have been very much larg- 

 er. 



The meet closed by a ringing resolution 

 commending the good work done by State 

 Bee Inspector Shaw and his deputies in 

 treating and eradicating foul brood in Ohio. 

 This was passed unanimously. Another 

 resolution of thanks was put through with 

 a shout, expressing the thanks of the bee- 

 keepers for the courtesy shown them by the 

 Leiningers and by Mr. Allemier. 



In Memoriam of Mrs. H. G. Acklin 



In our issue for June 15, page 477. we 

 spoke of the sudden death of Mrs. H. G. 

 Acklin, a lady well known to the beekeeping 

 interests of Wisconsin, Minnesota, southern 

 California, and later of central California. 

 She was a native of New York, but removed 

 with her parents to Wisconsin where she 

 fitted herself for teaching, and later on 

 taught for several years; but the honeybee 

 had always been an object of interest to 

 her, and she fully resolved to take up bees 

 when opportunity offered, and it came. In 

 1884 she went to St. Paul, Minn., where she 

 met Mr. J. C. Acklin, In 1885 they were 

 married. Fortunately some bees were on 

 the lot where they were building a home, 

 and thus began their experience with bees. 



Early in 1893 they began handling bee- 

 keepers' supplies, and for fifteen years were 

 prominently connected with the bee business 

 and in the rearing of queen-bees. Mr. Ack- 

 lin devoted himself to the supply business 

 while Mrs. Acklin gave her attention to the 

 bees and to the rearing of queens. She took 

 a very active part in the bee conventions, 

 for her enthusiasm knew no bounds. 



MRS. H. G. ACKLIN 



On page 870, 1906, we recorded the fact 

 of Mr. Acklin's sudden death, leaving Mrs. 

 Acklin with health not good, and a little 

 daughter, Ethel. Mrs. Acklin continued in 

 the business for a couple of years; but ill 

 liealth compelled her to make a change of 

 climate and also a change of occupation. 

 In 1908 she went to California, where she 

 bouglit an orange grove in Glendora, about 

 25 miles from Los Angeles. In the mean 

 time she did not wholly lose her interest in 

 bees. She kept a few and attended the bee 



