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Pastor ^Veyaamlt's l^cotiiresare 



thus commented upon in the Leipziger 

 Bicncnzcitunfj. and translated by the Rev. 

 S. Roese : 



" Flacht, a secluded spot in Gel-many, has 

 become noted for its second course of lec- 

 tures on Modern Bee-Keeping, by Pastor 

 Weygandt, given on April 7 and 8,1890. 

 Bee-keepers from all parts of the Conti- 

 nent (from Russia, Sweden, Lusembourgh, 

 and Switzerland) were present ; about 70 

 in number. Over 100 visitors from the 

 surrounding country were present daily. 

 The people of Flacht did all in their power 

 to welcome their guests ; to add to their 

 comfort, and make them all feel at home 

 during the session. Mr. Dathe, the noted 

 master of the art. aided the exhibition by 

 bringing 67 colonies of bees, with boxes 

 and supers, and placing them,with the rest, 

 on the practically arranged stand. 



"The interesting lectures were intro- 

 duced by the remarks of Teacher Stark, 

 and Hen- Rudolph Dathe continued the 

 interest in his skillful way of illustrating 

 successful bee-keeping. 



" Pastor Weygandt followed in his mas- 

 terly, fluent and charming way of present- 

 ing points and facts of wonderful interest, 

 worthy of being weU digested by all who 

 heard him. 



"Every question asked by any manor 

 child was answered gentlemanly and 

 politely, and all fears that the course of 

 lectures might be a one-sided one, became 

 banished by the ' truth and fact ' as ruling 

 elements. 



" The arrival of the bee-keeping friends 

 was full of joy and gladness, but the part- 

 ing was sadness and sorrow, because love 

 and good-wm had kindled and filled each 

 heart." 



Boys and Bees.— Mrs. L. Harrison, 

 in the Prairie Fanner, has this to say 

 about the use of Decoy Hives, and the fun 

 the boys often have with catching bees : 



Boys, now is the time to place hives to 

 catch runaway swarms. I knew of a farmer 

 who had 3 colonies of bees ; they all died 

 one very cold winter, and he left the hives 

 standing upon their summer stands. It was 

 on the prairie, where there was no hollow 

 trees and during swarming time the hives 

 were' all filled by runaways. He had a 

 hard time to keep one from taking posses- 

 sion of the side of his house, gomg through 

 a knot-hole. In the fall the hives were fuU 

 of honey, and there was plenty of surplus 

 for the family. 



In the State of Connecticut, there is a 

 law against setting decoy hives in the 

 woods, or anywhere else, to catch runaway 

 bees, making it a misdemeanor, punishable 

 by fine or imprisonment. It is a foolish 

 law and is no doubt a dead-letter on the 

 law-books. It is humanity, boys, to take 

 care of the little "fellows" who have been 

 silly enough to run away from home, hunt- 

 ing for a hollow tree. See how many you 

 can catch, and report to us. 



Joliann lieinrich llseu. 



The Rev. Stephen Roese has trans- 

 lated for the Amekicax Bee Joirsal the 

 following biographical notes from the 

 Deutsche Ulustriertb Blenenzeitung for 

 January, 1890, of the noted bee-keeper 

 whose name is found at the head of this 

 article, and we have re-engraved his like- 

 ness from the same source : 



The editor of the weekly Brithh Bee 

 Journal, Mr. Cowan, said on one occasion 

 while publishing the biography of a Ger- 

 man bee-keeper, and speaking of ministers 

 and teachers, that "there are more wide- 

 awake and energetic bee-keepers among 

 this class of people, than any other." How 

 true this saying is, is proved by both home 

 and foreign bee-papers. We remind the 

 reading public of Dr. Dzierzon, Langstroth, 

 Schoenfeld, Weygandt, Rabbow, Schachin- 

 ger, Schmidt, Kanitz, Lehzen, Krancher, 

 Albertz, FuUerer. Seilen, etc. With those 

 men, especially the teachers' class, the 



Johaiin Heinrlch Ilgen. 



man whose biography and likeness here 

 given, is closely connected. 



Mr. Ilgen was born in Palzin, near Pom- 

 merania, Prussia, on Jan. 27, 1829. He at- 

 tended the teachers' seminary at Koesliu 

 (Pommem), and after four years and a 

 month of faithful service, he was appointed 

 teacher at Ruegenwalde,in Zanow,iu 1854, 

 and in 1860 he was called as seminary 

 teacher to Cammin, where it became one of 

 his duties to instruct the seminary pupils 

 in apiculture ; for this latter additional 

 work, Mr. Ilgen received not one penny. 

 Only 6 colonies of bees were furnished him, 

 and the income of these, if any, was to be 

 tor himself, which did not amount to much 

 the first few years, on account of poor 

 pasture; and had it not been for Mr. Hgen's 

 continuity and faithfulness in all his en- 

 gagements, he would not have remained 

 true to apiculture, but nothing could dis- 

 courage him. Although his income from 

 bee-culture was small, yet with untiring 

 efforts he aimed to spread the knowledge 

 of this science. 



For his home community his efforts have 

 been crowned with great success ; tor those 

 whom he had served as teacher, knew how 

 to value that which they had learned, and 

 by their practice and deeper searching, 

 they added greatly toward apicultural 

 knowledge. 



Alter this he founded the bee-keepers' 

 association at Cammin (Prussia), with only 

 11 members. His onward steps were 

 mocked and sneered at, yet nothing could 

 move him, and shortly after a rich honey- 

 harvest was realized, even in Pommern, 

 and the time came when honey was 

 not only sold by the hundred weight, but it 

 was of excellent quality also, and far bet- 

 ter than by the way of stationary combs, 

 in old-fashioned hives. 



In the meantime, light had dawned upon 

 the people, and the Cammin Bee-Keepers' 

 Association embraced 13 branch societies, 

 with a membership of .500. who, in the 

 spirit and with the mind of Ilgen,remained 

 active and at work, and what their associa- 

 tions have proved capable of doing, has 

 fully been made known at the great exhibi- 

 tion and gathering of bee-keepers at Stettin, 

 where many carried with them even Hgen's 

 lectures, which he had delivered in cities 

 and villages, and his hints on rational bee- 

 keeping—a book which has been published 

 in three editions, and also his practical 

 hive, called the " Hgen Lagerkasten." His 

 method of bee-keeping can truly be called 

 that of a pedagogue. 



He is not a stormer in his advancement 

 to overthrow at once everything old, Lmt 

 he connects to that which is known, the 

 unknown new thing ; he lets the people 

 keep, at first, their old hives, and taught 

 them to harvest honey in them, without 

 killing the bees for the honey, and showed 

 them the advantages of the new method 

 with movable frames, which caused the 

 people themselves to adopt movable-frame 

 hives. 



He was twice happily married, three 

 children resulting from each. Ilgen was 

 enabled to attend many bee-keepers' con- 

 ventions, where he, as a speaker, was 

 always listened to with great interest, and 

 his labors never lacked appreciation ; this 

 is proved by the many medals he received, 

 among which is one of gold, and several of 

 silver ; but the highest honor and token of 

 appreciation of his service, rendered for 

 the advancement of apiculture, was be- 

 stowed upon him on the occasion of the 

 gathering of bee-keepers at Stettin (Prus- 

 sia), when Graf Behr,of Regendank,handed 

 him that which showed that His Majesty, 

 Emperor of Germany, had presented him 

 with the Royal Kronen Order, 4th Class. 



May God grant life, health and prosperity 

 to this useful man, tbat his services in the 

 interest of apiculture may long continue. 



Bee-Keepins tor Profit, by Dr. 



G. L. Tinker, is a new oO-page pamphlet, 

 which details fully the author's new system 

 of bee-management in producing comb and 

 extracted honey, and the construction of 

 the hive best adapted to it— his "Nonpareil." 

 The book can be had at this office for 25c. 



A ISice Pocket Dictionary will be 



given as a premium for only one nOT 

 subscriber to this Journal, with $1.00. It 

 is a splendid little Dictionary— just the 

 right size for the pocket. Every school boy 

 and school girl, as well as everybody else, 

 should own and use it. Price, 85 Cents. 



Xlie Honey Almanac is just the 

 thing to use to sell your new honey, as 

 soon as it is taken from the hives. Just 

 order some printed, stating your crop of 

 7iei« ?ioney is ready for delivery. It will 

 go like hot cakes ! See prices on page 437 . 



