1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



583 



<tuceiilc8§ Colony — Transferring and Moving 

 Bees. 



1. I had a swarm issue July 4, and I could not hive them. 

 A neighbor of mine (a subscriber of the Bee Journal, and an 

 experienced bee-man) said they had no queen, so we hived 

 them back in the same hive they came from, and began to 

 divide them by taking a brood-frame from the old hive and 

 putting it in the empty one, and k^pt on in that way until 

 now I have a pretty strong colony, but no queen. Three 

 weeks ago to-day, on Aug. 8, we took a frame from the old 

 hive with a queen-cell, and to-day I examined them, and the 

 queen-cell was gone, but I failed to find a queen or any signs 

 of one. Must I send for one ? or how will I manage them 

 now ? 



2. A carpenter neighbor of mine wishes me to ask a 

 question for him. As he was building an elevator on the Illi- 

 nois Central railroad, a swarm of bees came over, and the 

 noise of the hammers stopt them. He made a box-hive with 

 two sticks crosswise of the hive, and hived them. How will 

 he get them into a proper hive ? And as they are 20 miles 

 from home, when would be the best time to move them ? They 

 are working nicely now. South Dakota. 



Answers. — 1. It is possible that a queen is present and 

 slow about laying, but somewhat doubtful. Your quickest 

 way will be to send for a queen, but you may succeed by giv- 

 ing them a comb containing eggs and young larv;e from which 

 to rear a queen. The objection is that it is so late in the season, 

 and that a queen will not be laying until three weeks or more 

 after you furnish the brood. You are not so sure of rearing a 

 queen late, and one reared too late is not likely to be good. 



2. They can be moved at any time, only better avoid a 

 very hot day, and it may be as well to leave them in the same 

 box they are in until fruit-bloom, when they can be transferred 

 according to the directions given in any of the text-books. 



A'^iS^M 



BEV. II. A. WINTER, D. D. 



The subject of our sketch this week is one of the many 



excellent bee-keepers in the fine honey-producing State of 



Wisconsin. We had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Winter when 



attending the State bee-keepers' convention at Madison, Wis., 



last February. He looks just like his picture-or the picture 



shown here is a splendid likeness of the man who has a 



"cooler" name than heart. "Winter'' is always seasonable 



with him. 



In the following paragraphs. Dr. Winter tells something 



of his bee-experience: 



I always liked honey, but bees I feared like rattlesnakes. 

 One summer day I took a walk in beautiful Madison, in com- 

 pany with a beloved school principal of Milwaukee. Per- 

 chance Mr. C. Spangenberg met us, whom I introduced to my 

 guest as a bee-patriarch. My friend from Milwaukee related 

 with inspiration the following story : 



In the barren swamps of Silesia, Germany, there is a very 

 poor Catholic parish, where priests till then were poorly sit- 

 uated, and the complaints to the bishops were stereotyped. 

 But one day when the bishop made his visit he heard no com- 

 plaints, but found a sumptuous table spread with smoking 

 roasts and other delicacies, also sparkling wine. In his 

 amazement the bishop said : " What has happened here, 

 where all predecessors lived like paupers?" 



" After dinner, you eminence, I shall show you my manu- 

 factories," was the reply. 



"What, manufactories in these sand marshes?" he re- 

 sponded. 



Then the priest conducted the bishop to the large apiary 

 Id the rear of the once so poor parsonage. The mystery was 

 solved. Honey and wax supplemented the small income of 

 the parish to his heart's content. 



That set me to thinking. I learned that many ministers 



of the gospel, teachers, doctors, noblemen, even crowned 

 princes of old and the present time were, and are, engaged In 

 the keeping of the honey-bee. At once I took a lively inter- 

 est. It was my good fortune to have Mr. Spangenberg as a 

 willing teacher and friend. He is the mostexactand accurate 

 bee-keeper, I think. In the whole country. His hives are 

 very complete for out-door wintering. He never lost a colony 

 in wintering. All his tools are perfect. He has strong colo- 

 nies, always. 



So I embarkt in beekeeping, 14 years ago, on a small 

 scale. Yes, I had the fever. I became an enthusiast. I love 

 bees. Careworn, I go to my bees, and there I am at home. I 

 lost all by foul brood, but without bees it would be hard for 

 me to live. 



I produce only extracted honey, which the people (even in 

 Chicago) prefer to buy from me, because even non-believers 

 take it for granted that a reverend will not adulterate. What 

 a satisfaction for my calling ! 



I tell my brothers in the ministry: Keep bees; they 

 will make you philosopher; they will teach you pastoral the- 

 ology. If you treat your bees rightly, you will be successful 

 in dealing with all sorts of mankind. They will bring you in 

 close communication with nature's God ; they will make poets 

 out of you. They require clean hands, cool tempers, clean 

 consciences, and peace with God's work. They will make 

 women and children, old and young, your friends. 



H. A. Winter. 



August 15, a colony in Wisconsin calling themselves 

 " Lippers," celebrated their semi-centennial. Rev. Mr. Winter 

 is one of the original members. 



A Madison newspaper contained the following in regard 

 to Dr. Winter's connection with that organization : 



The Rev. H. A. Winter did not attend the semi-centennial 

 celebration of the Lipper settlement near Franklin, Sheboy- 

 gan county, to-day. The venerable Madison minister is well 

 along in years, and he feared that the excitement of the cele- 

 bration would seriously impair his health. He sent a short 

 pamphlet to Franklin, in which he set forth a history of Lip- 

 per colonization in the United States. 



Dr. Winter was not only the father of the Mission house 

 near Franklin, but he was one of the prime movers in early 

 Lipper colonization, and it was through his influence that 

 emigration from LIppe-Detmold, in northern Germany, to the 

 United States, was begun. 



In March, 1846, young Winter and about a dozen others 

 left Lippe-Detmold for the United States. They landed in 

 New Orleans. They intended to go to Texas, but changed 

 their minds when they saw two vessels loaded with soldiers 

 671 route for Mexico. The party went up the river to St. 

 Louis, where they landed about May 1, 1846. Here they 

 separated, some going to Iowa and others to Illinois. Mr. 

 Winter was one of three who remained in St. Louis. He cor- 

 responded with his only brother in Germany, and told him of 

 the advantages offered colonists in the United States. The 

 information conveyed in these letters was widely dissemi- 

 nated, and the result was that in the spring of 1847 about 

 300 colonists reached St. Louis. Some of these stayed in St. 

 Louis, and others went to Iowa and to Illinois. 



About the same time a vessel with about 25 families on 

 board left Bremen and took the north course coming along 

 the lakes to Sheboygan, then a small frontier village. A set- 

 tlement was made at Franklin, July 25, 1847. 



Dr. Winter was at all times much interested in religious 

 and educational work in the West. For two years he traveled 

 in Missouri, Indiana and Illinois, selling Bibles and other re- 

 ligious books. He then went to Mercersburg, Pa., where he 

 studied for the ministry in the German Reformed seminary. 

 He often spoke with his fellow students of the mission field in 

 the West. The outcome was, that the Rev. H. A. Muehlmeir 

 was sent to Sheboygan Falls in June, 1853, where he estab- 

 lisht a church. In December of the same year theRev. Mr. 

 Winter establisht a church in Milwaukee. In 1855 betook 

 up several mission fields in Sheboygan county, and establisht 

 a church near Franklin. About the same time he and the 

 Rev. J. Bossard began to teach students for the ministry. Dr. 

 Winter continued to urge the establishment of a mission house, 

 and through his efforts a beginning was made in 1862, a 

 building being erected near Franklin. 



Since coming to this country, the Rev. Mr. Winter has 

 been instrumental is establishing 30 churches. For the last 

 22 years he has been the pastor of the German Presbyterian 

 church in this city. This church was built in 1846, and was 

 dedicated Jan. 21, 1847. It is the oldest church in Madison. 

 Mr. Winter raised a family of ten children, nine of whom are 

 living. 



