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American Ttee Journal 



Oct. 25, 1906 



Biographs of Beedomites 



(Continued from page 894 ) 



and they were Mr. J. E. Johnson's by right 

 of discovery. But the following spring he 

 had only the box and some dead bees left. 

 In the meantime, however, he read " A B C of 

 Bee Culture," so bis father had to get him 

 another colony. This time they were in a 

 Langstroth hive, and he still has the descend- 

 ants of that colony. That was some 23 years 

 ago. During the time intervening Mr. John- 

 son has bought queens from many different 

 breeders, so that the blood of his first bees 

 mn*r he pretty thin in those of his present 

 apiary. 



Mr. E. I). Woods was formerly an en- 

 gineer on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 

 Railroad, and handled the engine-throttle for 

 5 years. But after the great railroad strike 

 he located in Galesburg, 111., and does an ex- 

 tensive business in market-gardening, besides 

 keeping from 50 to 80 colonies of bees. His 

 wife, and daughter '• Nellie,'' help him with 

 his work in the apiary during the busy season. 



Mr. Woods has done much to make the meet- 

 ings of the Western Illinois Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation a success. He was also one of the 

 car of happy bee-keepers that attended the 

 Los Angeles convention of the National Asso- 

 ciation. Mr. Woods has the knack of manip- 

 ulating bees very rapidly, and works for both 

 comb and extracted bocey, always getting 

 good prices for bis product. 



Alvah A. Reynolds.— The subject of 

 this sketch was born in Westchester Co., N. 

 Y., in 1SS0. He learned the carpenter trade 

 when from 16 to 20 years old, and worked in 

 New York City for several years. He came 

 to Illinois in 1855, and wa6 married in 1859. 

 He bought his first 2 colonies of bees in 1870, 

 in log hives, and Quinby's bee-book the same 

 year, having been stricken with bee-fever 

 from which he has never entirely recovered. 

 In 1871 he bought an Italian colony of bees 

 and transferred all his apiary into frame hives. 



In 1876 he attended a bee-keepers' conven- 

 tion in New York City, and also a large con- 

 vention in Chicago, about 1879. The late 

 Charles Dadant accompanied him as far a6 

 Oneida, 111., on their way home. 



Mr. Reynolds also visited Moses Quinby, 

 near White Plains, N. Y. He attended con- 

 ventions at Monmouth, 111., and Burlington, 

 Iowa. Mr. Scudder was president of the 

 latter, and Mr. Kellogg was secretary. Both 

 of these men bought bees of Mr. Reynolds, 

 Mr. Scudder taking 50 colonies at $4 50 per 

 colony, from which he got honey enough the 

 first year to pay for the bees. He shipped his 

 honey by boat to St. Paul, Minn. 



Mr Reynolds helped to organize the West- 

 ern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association, and has 

 attended every meeting. He is always jolly, 

 wears a continuous smile, and is a big help 

 to any convention He is also interested in 

 fruit-growing, and owns a farm of 160 acres 

 valued at $150 to $175 per acre. 



Mr. Reynolds is a Christian in every sense 

 of the word, and is a kind and generous 

 friend to all who know him. Quite a few 

 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds called their 

 6 children together and gave each of them a 

 present of land and money, worth now about 

 $12,000. 



At one time Mr. Reynolds lost all his bees 

 by foul brood, but, with Inspector Smith's 

 help, has gotten entirely rid of the disease. 



Some years ago Mr6. Reynolds died, and 

 one of his daughters passed away this year, 

 but Mr. R. is still strong and hearty for his 

 76 years. 



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National in Texas.— The National Bee- 

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Ontario.- The annual meeting of the On- 

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on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 

 7, 8 and 9, 1906. Hotel accommodations can 

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