1898. 



TSE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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Mr. Doolittle's contribution, "How I 

 Started inBee-Keeping,"ln this number 

 of The Bee-Keeper, would have ap- 

 peared last month, had we not thought 

 those of our subscribers who have been 

 reading his writings in these columns 

 for years, as well as the many new 

 ones, who have more recently joined 

 our circle, would appreciate a glimpse 

 of his present apiary in connection 

 with his story of the mere, though 



time. I do not have so many different 

 kinds of hives now, and all have tin 

 roofs, so that the awkward looking 

 boards on some of them would not be 

 in a picture taken at this time. Of 

 course you will note that the building 

 with the door open is the shop, in 

 which I store all my honey, run steam 

 machinery to do the work for my 

 apiary, and in one room of the same, 

 do my 'scribbling' for the bee papers." 



APIARY OF G. M. DOOI/ITTI,^. 



tiappy chance that brought him in con- 

 tact with the pursuit to which he has 

 proven himself so eminently adapted. 

 We give below Mr. Doolittle's explana- 

 ory note which came with the picture: 

 "The only photo of my apiary which 

 [ have in my possession was taken 

 some fifteen years ago, which I mail 

 fon. It gives as good a view of our 

 iurroundings as would one taken at this 

 .ime. The 'chap' at the wheelbarrow 

 s Doolittle, and the man beside him is 

 % neighbor who happened in at the 



For the information of those who 

 have no opportunity to see the "scrib- 

 bling" that G. M. does for the bee-pa- 

 pers in that shop, until it is reduced to 

 plain Roman print, we might say that 

 he uses neither a pencil nor pen — just 

 a hundred dollar writing machine. 



J. H. Martin, in Gleanings, says bee- 

 paralysis and the "nameless" disease, 

 which were formerly so destructive in 

 California apiaries, are on the wane, 

 and now attract little attention. 



