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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



March, 



Mr. Andrews, who is one of the most 

 expert, and a very extensive apiarist. 



No. 10 is reproduced from a very 

 glossy 4x5 print, on printing-out pa- 

 per. Photo by Mr. E. F. Atwater, 

 Meridian, Idaho, the winner of this 

 fine array of prizes. Next month we 

 will show a picture of one of Mr. A's 

 apiaries. 



No. II is reproduced from rough- 

 surface copy of the developing type, 

 and was taken by Mrs. F. W. Muth. 

 In this picture Mr. Muth is seen with 

 his two daughters, the Misses Martha 

 and Edna, of whom, as may be imag- 

 ined by a glance at the picture, he is 

 very fond. Mr. Muth is the president 



9 MR. L. L. ANDREWS, CORONA, CALIF., 



With load of honey cans, ready to start for the 

 apiary in the foot-hills. 



and manager of the corporation bear- 

 ing his name, at 51 Walnut St., Cin- 

 cinnati, and he is a born honey sales- 

 man, having been reared at the busi- 

 ness. He is, doubtless, as thoroughly 

 conversant with the honey trade of 

 the United States, and with the va- 

 rious varieties of honeys produced in 

 the different parts of the country, as is 

 any man living. Some three or four 

 years ago he came to Florida express- 

 ly to show the editor of The Bee- 

 Keeper what he knew about pugilism, 

 and sought to wipe up the earth with 

 him. This horrible determination was 

 an outgrowth of things said in The 

 Bee-Keeper about dealers who would 

 persist in denominating low grades of 



extracted or strained honey as "south- 

 ern." It was all unexpected by the 

 innocent editor, who was aroused 

 from his slumbers at an unseemly 

 hour of the morning by murmering 

 voices outside — voices in which there 

 was perceptible m.enacing accent. 

 Peeking out into the gray light of 

 early dawn he could see a stalwart 

 and muscular man, evidently much ex- 

 cited and impatient. That was Fred 

 W. Muth, seeking revenge, and await- 



11 MR. FRED. W. MUTH AND DAUGHTERS. 



ing the forthcoming of The Bee-Keep- 

 er man. More remarkable than this, 

 however, was the fact that but slight- 

 ly in the rear stood another man ner- 

 vously turning on his heel, who actu- 

 ally held the blood-thirsty Muth's 

 Sunday coat. This accomplice proved 

 to be none other than O. O. Popple- 

 ton; who, as is well -known, had al- 

 ways previously borne a reputation 



