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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 20, 1905. 



increase in numbers. By this I don't mean the yield per colony has 

 been lessened, as this might happen, yet the yield in the aggregate, 

 and the profits, might still be increased. I mean that, when, consider- 

 ing the capital and labor employed, we don't make so much money 

 because the locality is overstocked, then I would start another apiary. 

 It may require quite a little experience to decide this, and, even then, 

 it can't be decided indefinitely for each year; an approximate decision 

 is the best that we can get. 



Good advice ; only stronger emphasis might be placed on the dif- 

 ficulty of deciding when the point in numbers has been reached that 

 will yield the greatest total profit. Suppose the profit less this year 

 than last; how is one to tell whether it is because of greater numbers 

 or because of a poorer season? Suppose the number kept this year is 

 larger than ever before, and the profit as well. But that is because of 

 the extraordinary fiow. Such a flow does not come again in the next 

 10 years, and there is a loss because the full number is kept right 

 along. As Mr. Hutchinson intimates, it's a game of guess at best, and 

 It is well to guess too low rather than too high. 



Use the Least Possible Heat On Wax 



Says E. D. Townsend in the Bee-Keepers' Review: " If you want 

 that soft, nice, pliable wax that is so much in demand in the market, 

 don't ever allow your wax to boil in any process of rendering." 



ItlisceUancous 

 IXetPs > 3 terns 



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Mr. Fred W. Muth, of The Fred W. Muth Co., Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, gave us a pleasant office call last week when in Chicago on 

 business. He is a hustler from " way back " — or from Cincinnati, 

 more properly speaking. If he doesn't get his share of the business to 

 be had it isn't his fault. 



Hurry Up Printing Co. is the firm name under which Emer- 

 son T. Abbott, of St. .Joseph, Mo., is conducting a printing and pub- 

 lishing business. He has just recently purchased the plant and good- 

 will of the Stewart Printing Co. of that city, and says on his announce- 

 ment card, " Promptness, neatness, and accuracy will be our watch- 

 word." We wish the new concern every success. 



Eastern Georgia for Bee-Keeping.— We have a request 

 from a subscriber in New York State, who desires information con- 

 cerning the eastern part of Georgia as a bee and honey country. Will 

 some of our subscribers, who are in that part of the State, kindly let 

 us know briefly concerning the matter, as no doubt others besides our 

 New York subscriber would be pleased to get the information. 



" Building Business and Making Men " is the title of a 

 little 20-page pamphlet written by Mr. Frank B. White, president of 

 White's Class Advertising Company, Chicago, 111. It was prepared 

 for reading before " White's Class," which is mainly composed of 

 employees of White's Class Advertising Company, who meet 

 monthly for the discussion of various subjects of interest to their 

 business. The contents of the pamphlet referred to above were read 

 at the January meeting, and at the suggestion of several public- 

 spirited visitors who were present, Mr. White issued it in pamphlet 

 form. Any of our readers who desire a copy can have it on request. 

 It will well repay a careful reading, as Mr. White has had large experi- 

 ence with men and business matters in general. 



QEORQE W. BRODBECK 



It has been my great pleasure, and no less a privilege, to know 

 intimately our departed friend, the late Secretary of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, George W. Brodbeck, for over 14 years. I have 

 met him in the railway car, at hie bee-ranch in the grand mountain 

 canyon, at the convention, and in the quiet of the home. It has rarely 

 been my good fortune to know one who has taken a stronger hold of 

 my respect and affections than did Mr. Brodbeck. He was certainly a 

 man who was deeply religious, and as sincerely determined to exem- 

 plify the teachings of the Master in his life and work as any one I 

 have ever known. His kindly sympathy was ever manifest. When 

 any proposition was u!(,'«rl his first question was, Is it right, and best? 

 It there was any possibility that wrong could come to any one, then 



his opposition knew no bounds. If any contemplated enterprise 

 promised benefit to those interested, especially to his bee-keeping 

 brothers, then his enthusiasm and willingness to sacrifice in such 

 cause was almost phenomenal. There is little wonder, then, that he 

 was a leader in whatever concerned the bee-keeping interests of our 

 State. There was no wonder that he was choice for Secretary of the 

 National Association ; there was no less wisdom shown in selecting 

 him to be President of the business organization from which so much 

 was hoped in aiding the bee-keepers to market their honey. 



As suggested above, it was once my pleasure to visit the apiary of 

 our friend in one of the most beautiful and romantic spots in the San 

 Bernardino range of mountains. Like all our best bee-keepers, Mr. 

 Brodbeck was exceedingly neat and methodical. I feel sure that 

 method, or system, in all his work might almost be said to be his 

 watchword. I think I never saw a more neatly arranged apiary, or 

 one in better condition in every way, in all the apiaries that I have 

 visited in our State than was this. Indeed, one may safely say that 

 Mr. Brodbeck may be called the Hetherington or Bingham of Califor- 

 nia. He was no less a student than a practical man, and thus he was 

 an up-to-date tiee-keeper. He not only practiced the best that pre- 

 vailed in other apiaries, but like all our beekeepers he had many 

 time-savers, short-cuts, and ingenious inventions and methods pecu- 

 liarly his own. Those of us who used to enjoy his presence in con- 

 ventions will remember how earnestly he used to father any proposi- 

 tion that looked to the advancement of our apiarian practices and 

 methods. 



One only needed to know Mr. Brodbeck but slightly to recognize 

 at once that he was one of our most clean and pure men. It is a firm 

 belief of mine that a clean heart is almost always indexed in the face. 

 Mr. Brfldbeck was no exception. It was no wonder, then, that when 

 his name was proposed for the Secretary of the National Association 

 all of our visiting delegates, who had enjoyed looking into his kindly 

 eye, united with us at once in giving to our revered friend this proud 

 honor. Such clean, true men as Mr. Brodbeck are the glory of any 

 country. Such men always have beautiful homes, and beautiful 

 homes are a very bulwark against everything vicious and mischievous. 

 Mr. Brodbeck was the head of such a home; and the spirit of the man 

 was felt as soon as one entered his household. 



Mr. Brodbeck was an earnest, faithful, consistent member of the 

 Methodist Church. His brother. Dr. Brodbeck— these two brothers 

 were very dear to each other — has been for long years superintendent 

 of one of the largest and most successful Sunday schools In the city of 

 Los Angeles. All those who were so fortunate as to be present at the 

 Los Angeles meeting of the National Association, will remember the 

 delightful music which charmed us all on that occasion. This music 

 was rendered by the orchestra of Dr. Brodbeck's school, and, as I re- 

 member, was a free gift. 



Our friend was one of those rare spirits who carry every principle 

 ot their religion into their daily life. It may be said of him almost as 

 truly as ot any one I ever knew, as was said of the Master, " He went 

 about doing good. In his life there was no guile." 



That Mr. Brodbeck had the confidence of our hard-headed business 

 men is apparent from the fact that he was elected President of the 

 California National Honey-Producers' Exchange. This organization 

 undertook a great work, along untried lines, which proonised great 

 things, but which demanded great tact and the best judgment to carry 

 it through to the desired success. I am sure that no one ever regretted 

 this choice, and I am sure that this organization has met a serious loss 

 in the death of its very able President. 



Mr. Brodbeck was a native ot Lawrenceburg, Ind., a little west of 

 Cincinnati, where he lived until he was married. His early home was 

 very precious to him, and he endeared himself thoroughly to all its 

 members. His married life was an extremely happy one, as he was a 

 very affectionate and devoted husband. This couple were not blessed 

 with any children, which misfortune, 1 am sure, they both deeply re- 

 gretted. They had, however, a very merry family, for they both were 

 great lovers ot dogs, and they had numerous dog pets, which seemed 

 almost like members of the household. I well remember when I 

 visited Mr. Brodbeck's apiary what a kind greeting I received from the 

 canine part of the community. Mr. Brodbeck's affection for the dogs 

 was most clearly apparent, and this feeling was fully shared by his 

 good wife, who survives her husband, and is now living in Los Ange- 

 les. The first years of their wedded lite were spent in Edinburg and 

 Indianapolis, Ind., where he first became interested in bees. 



In 188" Mr. Brodbeck first came to Los Angeles, where he resided 

 until the time of his death. In the autumn of 1903 there were exten- 

 sive forest fires in the canyon where his apiaries were situated. Undue 

 exertion and exposure in trying to check these fires brought on an 

 attack of pneumonia in January of the following year, from the effects 

 of which he never recovered. His death occurred Feb. 6, 1905. He 

 said repeatedly that his mind was not set on the things of this world, 

 but that if it were God's will he wished he might recover that he 

 might do more good. An intimate friend remarks of him, that " the 

 greatest desire ot his lite was to help any one who might come in his 

 way, never expecting or wishing any reward for his labors." 



I am sure I voice the sentiments of the entire bee-keeping brother- 

 hood of California, when I say that I feel that in the death of Brother 

 Brodbeck I have sustained an irreparable loss, and feel that another 

 attraction is added to the great Home towards which we are all hasten- 

 ing. A. J. Cook. 



Los Angeles Co., Calif. 



Amerikanlsche Bienenzucht, by Hans Buschbauer, is 

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