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PROF. A. J. COOK. 



Albert J. Cook was born on Angnst 

 :;o, 1842, at Owosso, Mich. Those who 

 nil' intimately acquainted with the man 

 will not be surprised to learn that his 

 ]iarents were most thoroufi'hly upright 

 Christians. The daily reading of the 

 Uible, with comments by the father, 

 !■ -enforced b}' the constant example 

 (if a chaste, honest, and industrious 

 daily life, left its impress for life upon 

 thi^ character of the son. 



At^the age of 15 years he entered 

 Michigan Agricultural College, where 

 he graduateil at the age of 20, having 



general, but about bees in particular. 

 Every student that graduates goes all 

 over the theory of bees, studies the 

 bee structurally from tip of the tongue 

 to tip of the sting, iind goes through 

 with all the nKinijiulations of the api- 

 ary—that is, if tlicre is any hone}' to 

 manipulate ; handles the bees, clips 

 queens' wings, jirepares and puts on 

 sections, extracts, etc. Probably in 

 no other institution in the country, if 

 in the world, is this done. 



Prof. Cook is an active and influen- 

 tial member of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, of which he 

 has been President ; was one of the 

 originators of the Michigan State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, of which he was 

 President for a number of yeai's, and 

 helped start the State Horticultural 



Frof. A. J. Cook, of Agricultural College, Michigan. 



liren obliged during his course to suf- 

 fer the sharp disappointment of sus- 

 lii'uding study a whole year on account 

 ' sickness, his health always having 

 i-n rather delicate during his earlier 

 \ rars. 

 Upon his graduation he went, on ac- 

 , count of his poor health, to California, 

 ' where for 8 j-ears he labored very suc- 

 , cessfully as a teacher. He then studied 

 !' a portion of 2 years at Harvard Uni- 

 J versity and Harvard Medical College, 

 p; with Agassiz, Hazen, and Dr. Oliver 

 I Wendell Holmes, as teachers. 

 ' In 1S()C he was appointed instructor 

 at Michigan Agricultural College, and 

 ill 18(58 Professor of Entomologj- and 

 Zoology in the same college. 



He has done, and is doing, a work 

 unique in character, for he instructs 

 the students, not only about insects in 



Society, being a member of its Board 

 for some years. He is widely known as 

 a writer. Plis "Manual of the Apiary" 

 has reached a sale of 14,000 copies, 

 and " Injurious Insects of Michigan," 

 3,000 copies. He is also the author of 

 " Maple Sugar and the Sugar-Bush," 

 of which .^,000 copies have been pub- 

 lished. He has written much for bee- 

 papers, as also for the general press. 

 He is a clear, practical writer, with a 

 happ}' style. 



In the battle waged against insect- 

 foes, he has rendered valuable service. 

 Remedies which he first advised are 

 now common, and he was probably 

 the first to demonstrate the efficacy 

 and safety of Paris green for codliu 

 moth. 



Prof. Cook is of average height and 

 weight, a charming conversationalist. 



and an intensely interesting lecturer. 

 His very pleasant manner is only a fair 

 index of a genial and loving spirit that, 

 in an unusual degree, strives to put the 

 best construction on the conduct and 

 motives of every one, and throws a 

 mantle of charity over their faults. 

 His spirit of kindness extends to the 

 brute creation ; and on his farm, in 

 which he is much interested, he has 

 some fine-blooded stock ; and in at> 

 tempting to engage a hand to work 

 upon the farm, the writer once heard 

 him stipulate as essential that the em- 

 ployee must be kind to animals, and 

 free from the use of liquor, tobacco, 

 and profane language. 



Prof. Cook is -a great home lover, 

 and proud of his wife and two chil- 

 dren. An earnest Christian worker, 

 he has for a number of years done a 

 most important work in conducting a 

 Sabbath-school class containing thirty 

 or forty College students. It is to be 

 regretted that excessive work has told 

 unpleasantly on his health. 



[The foregoing biographical sketch 

 is taken from " A B C of Bee-Culture ; " 

 and the engraving is from "Lang- 

 stroth Revised," by favor of the pub- 

 lishers, Ch. Dadant & Son. — Ed.] 



'WIio Keep!« Mees ?— Looking over 

 the large number of letters received in every 

 mail, it is found that an answer to the 

 above question would include : specialists 

 who have no other business ; farmers, gard- 

 eners, fruit-growers, stock raisers, carpen- 

 ters, mechanics, manufacturers, poultry 

 raisers, merchants, tailors, railway men, 

 teachers, surveyors, ministers, lawyers, 

 physicians, etc., etc. In fact, it would be 

 far easier to name occupations not repre- 

 sented than those that are. Women, as in 

 all other occupations, are taking a lively and 

 active interest, and making quite a success. 

 —Western Bce-Kceper. 



A Mee Sting lately caused the death of 

 a promising young lady in England. The 

 Pall Mall Gazette thus notices the calamity: 



Miss Ella Baker, youngest daughter of 

 Mr. T. Baker, of Kingscote, was stung un- 

 der the eye by a bee in the garden a few 

 days ago. She treated the matter lightly, 

 and suffered no pain after the customary 

 simple antidote had been applied, saying 

 that she had been stung before ; the swell- 

 ing would run its course and go down 

 again, and she continued to be quite cheer- 

 ful down to 8:30 on the 14th, when she fell 

 asleep on the sofa. At 9:15 she suddenly 

 woke up in a convulsive tit, and died from 

 syncope within a minute. Miss Baker, who 

 was '^9 years of age, was the author ot - 

 " Bertram de Drumont," and other tales for 

 the young people ; also " Stories from Old 

 History," " The Sovereigns of Enaland," 

 " Songs of the Seasons," and other fugitive 

 pieces. 



I^ow is the time to sell the honey. 



