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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1 



New York apiarian exhibit at the Colum- 

 bian Exposition, in 1893; and again he was 

 chosen for the same service at the Pan- 

 American, Buffalo. At the latter exposi- 

 tion he installed and conducted, as a part 

 of the New York State apiarian exhibit, a 

 model practical apiary of ten colonies, par- 

 titioning- off a large window in the Agricul- 

 tural Building for the purpose, and gave 

 frequent exhibitions of the various manipu- 

 lations of daily occurrence to the apiarist; 

 and his skill, and the success of this novel 

 exhibit, was evidenced by the practical re- 

 sults of 481 pounds of extracted and 523 

 one-pound sections of comb honey, besides 

 an abundance of honey left in each hive for 

 winter stores, one colony of black bees actu- 

 ally producing, under these unfavorable 

 circumstances. 111 fancy 4X5 sections of 

 comb and 30 pounds, or over, of extracted 

 honey. Mr. Hershiser was awarded the 

 gold medal for this exhibit of a model api- 

 ary. 



Not only an ardent enthusiast on bees, 

 Mr. Hershiser is a practical and successful 

 bee-keeper. He has two large apiaries 

 on the outskirts of the city, and he has 

 made them, in spite of his law business, 

 pay and pay well. 



By profession Mr. Hershiser is a lawyer, 

 and for some years he has had a law office 

 in one of the sky-scrapers in Buffalo; but 

 his intense love for the bees seems to draw 

 him, in spite of himself, into the honey bus- 

 iness, with which he has been so intimately 

 connected for so many years. 



Born in 1856, in Shelby, O., he removed 

 with his parents to Williams Co., in the 

 same State, at the age of six, where he 

 studied in the common schools; worked his 

 way through the Michigan Agricultural 

 College, from which he was graduated in 

 1884 with the degree of "B. S." He was. 

 admitted to the bar in 1891, and has prac- 

 ticed law ever since. From the Albany 

 Law Journal, a paper that contains a biog- 

 raphy of him, I extract the following: 



The storv of Mr. Hershiser's early life is similar to 

 thatof 'io many of th ^ sterl ng men who have shaped 

 anri molde 1 their own fortunes and attained to posi- 

 tions of honor and eminenc in th city, state, and na- 

 tion, and who represent the highest standard of Amer- 

 ican oitize'ship. He is a self-made nun in the truest 

 and hest se'seof the term. When be was six years 

 o'd his parents removed to Northwestern Ohio — a re- 

 gion at that time but recently opt-ned up to settlement 



whr re they began to hew and form a ho'ne out of 

 the wilderness. Thus at an earlv ag- the subject of 

 this sketch became acquainted with the labor t-f re- 

 claiming h farm from the primeval f rest, and some 

 of the varied and not altogether poetical experiences 

 and incidents of pioneer life. His early education 

 was obtained at the country district schoo during the 

 brief winter terms, supplemented by a limit, d course 

 in the academic department of the village school. 

 l,aboring on a M chigan farm, he eirned and saved 

 sufficient means to enter upon a college course at the 

 Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing, where, by 

 teaching school or engaging in other employment dur- 

 ing vacations, and by the practice of rigid economy, 

 he was able to pros cute his studies to graduation. The 

 same resolute purpose, independence of character, 

 and fidelity to duty have marked his career to the 

 present time. 



His early associations instilled in him a love for ru- 

 ral life and pursuits, and the natnral sciences pertain- 

 ing thereto. Economic entomology, with especial ref- 

 erence to apiculture, has become his chief recreation 



for the time he can spare from his legal business, and 

 his keen preception and close observation have made 

 him an expert and acknowledged authority oti the 

 life and habit- of bees and apiculture generally. This 

 fact has been repeatedly recognized. On several oc- 

 casions, while yet a student, his services were sought 

 to formulate and superintend apiarian exhibits for 

 several large expositions in this and other States. 



On the 6th of December, 1899, Mr. Her- 

 shiser was united in marriage to Miss Mar- 

 garet Jane Mcintosh, of Toronto, who was 

 born of Highland Scotch parentage at Luck- 

 now, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 4, 1874. 



A MODEL BEEXELLAR. 



Some Suggestions on Wintering. 



BV HUGO KOEHLER. 



3fr. Root: — I was interested in your ar- 

 ticle about wintering bees in a large cellar, 

 on page 683. Probably it will be of inter- 

 est to your readers to hear of our experience 

 in wintering bees in cellars. 



For the last ten years we have wintered 

 from 150 to 200 colonies in two cellars con- 

 structed for that purpose. I have attempted 

 to give you a longittidinal section of one of 

 thein. The inside dimensions are 14X10X9 

 feet. In the figure, a represents the walls 

 of the cellar, made of cedar logs hewed on 

 two sides. The cracks between the logs are 

 smeared out with lime; b, ceiling of two- 



inch plank; c, a laj^er of cement, 2 in. thick, 

 on the ceiling; d, a layer of clay mixed with 

 sawdust. The layer is about a foot thick; 

 e, ventilator chimney 12 inches in diameter 

 and 8 ft. high over the roof; g, a shutter or 

 damper to control ventilation and tempera- 

 ture; h, valve through which a thermometer 

 is passed; i, string on which the thermom- 

 eter is suspended;/, ventilator canal 4X4 

 in. on the inside, and 30 ft. long, the outer 

 end of which can be closed at pleasure;/, 

 peak of roof; k, gables; the rear gable has 

 a door; /, roof of a portico; the portico is 



