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37tli Year. 



CHICAOO, ILL., OCTOBER 7, 1897. 



No. 40. 



Mr. L. Kreutziuger's Houey Harvest. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



Saturday, Aug. 21, 1897, was a day long to be remem- 

 bered by those who accepted Mr. L. Kreutzinger's kindly in- 

 vitation to be at his apiary to witness taking off the thousands 

 of pounds of comb honey that his industrious bees had stored 

 from the mass of sweet clover that blossoms for weeks all 



Perhaps it will be just as well to let the Doctor give his 

 version of the mellifluous affair, which is as follows : 



That honey harvest of Mr. L. Kreutzinger was indeed a 

 novelty in this industrial world. Mr. K. evinced an enterpris- 

 ing spirit only equaled by his delicate considerations for the 

 uninitiated in bee-lore, whom he had invited and protected. 

 The apiary of over 100 colonies was comfortably located in 

 the very midst of an extensive field of sweet clover, in which 

 the bees had evidently revelled, if the fact may be judged from 

 the overflowing hives under his extensive bee-sheds. The 

 yield cannot be far from 5,000 pounds of as luscious nectar 

 as ever appeased the wrath of the Athenian gods. 



Our advent to this field was heartily welcomed by the 

 genial host, but as much cannot be said of his proteges. They 

 had evidently encountered treatment before our coming, 

 seriously tending to excite their Italian temper, and were, 

 therefore, indiscriminate in their pointed attention. The sev- 

 eral dozen ladies — guests for the occasion — gladly sought the 

 shelter so thoughtfully provided for then, and the men who 

 accompanied them felt in duty bound to also remain under 

 cover — for the ladies' protection, of course ! 



Witnessing the "Honey Hanest" at the Apiary of Mr. L. Kreutzinger, Atujust 21, tS97. 



around his apiary, located within the city limits of Chicago, 

 tho six miles from the court bouse. 



Dr. Peiro was there, of course, for he doesn't miss a 

 chance to have a lively time if he can help it. Mr. Kreut- 

 zinger had sent out nearly 200 invitations to his friends, and 

 the jovial Doctor was among them. 



Editor York was there with a fairy escort (Miss Godfrey 

 and Miss Butts) from his oflice, and like the discreet man that 

 he is, braved the dangers from bee-insertious under the 

 netting. 



Mr. Hammersmark wielded the smoker, and proved a 

 general utility man under most trying circumstances. Hebe- 

 came quite earnest after a few stings, denounced their im- 



