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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



of his home is a hig-h cliflF of sandstone, 

 facing the morning sun, with honeycombed 

 cavities at the base. In the shelter of these 

 cavities Mr. Bailey has twelve stands of 

 bees, and it makes them an ideal home. It 

 is comparatively warm in winter, and just 

 cool enough in summer, and is always dry. 

 The accompanying illustration shows Mr. 

 Bailey in the foreground. 

 Pomeroy, O. 



THE BEST=KNOWN BEE=KEEPER OF TWO HEMI- 

 SPHERES. 



In Memoriam of Charles Dadant. 



BY DR. C. C. MILLER. 



As briefly mentioned in Gleanings for 

 July 15, the death of Mr. Charles Dadant 

 occurred July 16. A brief illness of 36 

 hours preceded his death, fulfilling a wish 

 often expressed by him that he might never 

 become childish, nor linger a burden to him- 

 self and others. Few men have lived to 

 pass the 85th milestone of life's journey re- 

 taining such vigor of mind and body. 



He was born May 22, 1817, in the village 

 of Vaux-Sous-Aubigny, in the golden hills 

 which separate Champagne from Burgun- 

 dy. He was educated in the city of Lan- 



by the use of a dictionary; and so great 

 was his ability to learn, that, although then 

 46 years of age, within three years he 

 knew English well enough to write articles 

 for the Anier. Bee Jotirnal, then published 

 in Washington. His articles on "How I 

 became an Apiculturist, " published in Vol. 

 3 and 4 of the paper for 1867-'8, were eager- 

 ly read. In 1869 he undertook the task of 

 fighting the routine of European bee cul- 

 ture by writing for the French, Italian, and 

 Swiss bee-keepers. In 1874 he published a 

 small book, "Petit Cours d' Apiculture Pra- 

 tique," in the French language. In 1886 

 he revised Langstroth's work, which was 

 shortly after translated by him into French, 

 and retranslated by others into Russian. 

 He became so well known that there are 

 very few countries where his name is not 

 familiar to practical bee-keepers. 



Notwithstanding the clear and forceful 

 manner of Mr. Dadant in writing English 

 ( although it never became easy for him to 

 converse in that language), yet he wielded 

 a pen of still greater power when writing 

 in his native language; and the fact that 

 the movable hive is to-day so much in use 

 among French-speaking people is not a lit- 

 tle due" to the vigorous writings of Charles 

 Dadant, the Dadant and the Dadant-Blatt 

 hive being among the most common in France 

 of movable-frame hives. 



In this connection it is not out of place to 

 say that his son, Camille P., bids fair to 

 become, like his father, a power at long 

 range, for he has lately begun to furnish 

 monthly articles of ability and interest to 

 that standard French bee journal the Re- 

 vue Iniernatiotiale. 



In 1874 Mr. Dadant took into partnership 

 with him his son, C. P. Dadant, and to- 

 gether they increased their apiaries till 

 Ihey reached the number of 500 or more col- 

 onies. They harvested at different times 

 crops of 40,000 to 45,000 lbs. of honey. La- 

 ter they went into the manufacture of comb 

 foundation. In 1873 Mr. D. went to Italy 

 for Italian bees, and became a most suc- 

 cessful importer, having been the first to 

 ascertain what was necessary to keep bees 

 alive on such long journeys. 



It is pleasant to know that the familiar 

 firm name, Dadant & Son, is to be contin- 

 ued, the son becoming the senior, and the 

 son's son, Louis C, the junior member. 



CHARLES DADANT. 



gres, and, later, went into the mercantile 

 business. In 1863 he moved to America, 

 and, prompted by the reports of the crops 

 harvested by the noted M. Ouinby, he be- 

 gan bee-keeping and soon found himself 

 quite successful. When he reached Ameri- 

 ca he knew not a word of the English lan- 

 guage. He established himself on a small 

 farm near Hamilton, and subscribed to 

 Horace Greeley's paper, the New -York 

 Tribttne, denying himself any French books 

 or paper. In this way he found himself 

 compelled to follow the events of the day, 



[Charles Dadant, almost the last repre- 

 sentative of the Langstroth and Quinby 

 generation, was probably the best- known 

 bee-keeper of any man in the world, for his 

 writings have been read in both hemi- 

 spheres. Langstroth wielded a great influ- 

 ence in America; but perhaps there is no 

 bee-keeper in all Europe whose hive and 

 system were more fully adopted than those 

 of our late departed friend. He was a vig- 

 orous writer in English; but, as Dr. Miller 

 says, his pen wielded a still greater power 

 when writing French. 



I met him some ten years ago, and well 

 do I remember the cordial welcome he ex- 



