Sept. 4, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



565 



l.hoiijcht, 1111(1 money in estalillshint; u "uw 

 business, would, as it, wore, U'ive il iiway to 

 lliosewlio niij;lit. coiiiH in eoiii|irliti(ni witli 

 tliem, us the.v did. Tliey hud culled tot'ether 

 tlioii' workmen, iind liiul every de|iiirtment in 

 full oijoration from Hie iiieltin(r of Hie v/n\ to 

 the linislied iiroiiiiet. Il, was notii-eiiljle liow 

 itiuuli lh(int:ht had heeli exptuideil to reach 

 the jroal of perfeetion in all Hie small details, 

 with the least expenditure of lime and 

 strength. 



The senior Mrs. Dadant spoke the I'Yeneh 

 lanruaije only, wliioli I could not compre- 

 hend. 'I'he wife of the son had a lar^e 

 family and a little child to care for, so Father 

 Uadaiit was delef^ated to entertain me. I re- 

 mained over iiif^ht,, and in the morning he 

 ottered me his arm and showed me through 

 the {,'rounds, jjoiii;; amonjj the buildinf^s lirst; 

 these were all upon substantial stone founda- 

 tions, ipiarried from their own laml. The 

 buildin^^s were iiuite numerous, and so far 

 apart that if one burned the others would not. 

 One was eorru^jated iron for storin;^ wax, and 

 Mr. Dadant said " it paid its own insurance." 

 One building was devoted to the vineyard, 

 containint; implenients for its culture and 

 sprayiny:; presses and other paraphernalia for 

 the manufaeturo of wine; a larjze cellar be- 

 neath containintr hogsheads of the fruit of the 

 vine. 



I saw the stables and barn, in which I 

 noticed that all Itins for holding f^rain were 

 lined with tin, preventing rats or mice from 

 destroying their contents; a honey-house 

 containing all the appurtenances of a model 

 apiary and storage for barrels of extracted 

 honey, I was shown the apiary with its 

 large, lli-frame hives, and from there we went 

 to the vineyard, with its vines neatly trained 

 to wires, showing care and culture. 



Mr. Datiant then said, " Now, you must see 

 .John's home." It was the colored man's, 

 who spoke French. As we drew near the 

 pleasant cottage, the loud barlting of the dog 

 proclaimed our arrival, and a bright-appear- 

 ing colored woman opened the door with a 

 child in her arms, and gave us welcome. She 

 appeared so comfortable and happy, and her 

 countenance beamed with gratitude as she 

 said, " Mr. Dadant built our home tor us." 



On our return across the field Mr. Dadant 

 said, "John is too kind-hearted; he spent his 

 wages every month. I said, '.John, you will 

 be getting old after awhile, and you must 

 save something. ' But .lohn could "not doit. 

 So he agreed that I should pay him only part 

 of his wages, and I could save the rest for 

 him, and now he owns a home. I encour- 

 aged my French workmen in like manner, 

 and now they have homes of their own; and 

 when we have no work for them they culti- 

 vate their vines, and work their ground." 



What a philanthropist I Taking such kindly 

 interest in those he employed. Though "the 

 place that once knew him knows him no 

 more forever," his kind deeds and loving 

 counsel will continue to bear fruit upon the 

 stony bank of the (ireat Father of Waters. 

 May we profit by his example. 



Mrs. I.. H.iRRisox. 



Extracts from theBee-KeepingPress. 



Gleanings in Bee-Culture, besides having a 

 line picture of Mr. Dadant, published a bio- 

 graphical sketch written by Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 from which we take these paragraphs : 



As brielly mentioned in Gleanings for .July 

 15, the death of Mr. Charles Dadant occurred 

 .lulyll). A brief illness of 3B hours preceded 

 his death, fulfilling a wish often expressed by 

 him that he might never become childish, nor 

 linger a burden to himself and others. Few 

 men have lived to pass the S5th milestone of 

 life's journey retaining such vigor of mind 

 and body. 



When he reached America [in 1.S63] he 

 knew not a word of the English language. 

 He established himself on a small farm near 

 Hamilton, and subscribed to Horace Greeley's 

 paper, the New York Tribune, denying him- 

 self any French books or paper. In this way 

 he found himself compelled to follow the 

 events of the day by the use of a dictionary ; 

 and so great was his ability to learn, that, 

 although then 4li years of age, within three 

 years he knew English well enough to write 

 articles for the American Bee .Journal, then 



piihllshed in Washington, D. C. His articles 

 on " How I Became an Aplculturist," pub- 

 lished in Vols. Ill Mild IV of the paper for 

 IMiT lis, were eagerly road. In ISlIli he un- 

 dertook the task of lighting the routine of 

 F.uropoan bee-culture by writing for the 

 I-'reneh, Italian, and Swiss bee-keepers. In 

 IST4 he published a siciall book, " I'ctit (.'ours 

 d'Apiculliire Praticpie.'' in the French lan- 

 guage. 



Notwithstanding the clear and forceful 

 manner of Mr. I>adant in writing English 

 (although it never became easy for him to 

 converse in that language), yet he wielded a 

 pen of still greater power when writing in his 

 native language; ami the fact that the mov- 

 able hive is to-day so much in use among 

 French-speaking jieojile is not a little due to 

 llie vigorous writings of Charles Dadant, the 

 Dadant and the Dadant-Blatt hives being 

 among the most common in France of mov- 

 able-frame hives. 



In this connection it is not out of place to 

 say that his son, Camille F., bids fair to be- 

 come, like his father, a power at long range, 

 for he has lately begun to furnish monthly 

 articles of ability and interest to that standard 

 French bee-journal, the Kevue Internationale. 



In 1ST4 Mr. Dadant took into partnership 

 with him his son, (". I'. Dadant, and together 



. CHAS. llAllANT IN 1ST3. 



they increased their apiaries till they reached 

 the number of .500 or more colonies. They 

 harvested at different times crops of 40,000 to 

 4.D,000 pounds of honey. Later they went 

 into the manufacture of comb foundation. In 

 187;-) Mr. D. went to Italy for Italian bees, and 

 became a most successful importer, having 

 been the first to ascertain what was necessary 

 to keep bees alive on such long journeys. 



It is pleasant to know that the familiar 

 firm name, Dadant tV' Son, is to be continued, 

 the son becoming the senior, and the son's 

 son, Louis C, the junior member. 



C. C. Miller. 



Following the foregoing Editor Root had 

 this foot-note : 



Charles Dadant, almost the last representa- 

 tive of the Langstriith and Quinby generation, 

 was probably the Ijcst-known bee-keeper of 

 any man in the world, for his writings have 

 been read in both hemispheres. Langstroth 

 wielded a great iiilluence in America; but 

 perhaps there is im bee-keeper in all Europe 



whose hive ami Rystom were more fully 

 adopted than 1 hoee of our late deimrled 

 friend. He wa« a vigorous writer in KngliKh ; 

 but, as Dr. .Miller nays, his jien wielded a still 

 greater power when writing French. 



I met him some ten years ago. and well >Jo 

 I reineinlM>r thi- corilial welcome he extended, 

 anil how, us 1 g(.i into the carriage to drive to 

 town, the old gentleman, with the warmth of 

 feeling so characteristic of the man toward 

 those he loved, leaned forward and grasped 

 my hand and hung to It. 1 had not at that 

 lime written much on bees, and he knew me 

 only through my father; but from his man- 

 ner I took it he loved me because I was a son 

 of A. I. Koot, for, indeed, he and my father 

 were very warm frienfls. 



Years ago Mr. Dadant imported queens 

 from Italy. Like all imported queens these 

 were leather-colored, and rather inferior-look- 

 ing comjiared with the ordinary, yellowiiueens 

 of the same race in this country. It was not 

 long before Mr. Dadant was accused of send- 

 ing out hybrids for imported. At that time 

 my father came to the rescue by saying that, 

 if .Mr. Dadant wanted to send out hybrids, he 

 would mail misuiated Italian queens of a 

 bright color rather than to send the dark- 

 colored, genuine imported of Italy, which he 

 did. This little act pleased Mr. Dadant, and 

 I think he never forgot it. 



I )ur business connection with the Dadants 

 has always been of the iileasantest. Indeed, 

 there are no better or more successful busi- 

 ness men in our ranks than those same 

 Frenchmen ; and when they first advertised 

 that every inch of their foundation would be 

 equal to the samples, they lived up to the 

 very letter of their guarantee. 



I am not so sure but the death of Mr. 

 Dadant will mean more to the bee-keepers of 

 Europe than to those of America. Indeed, it 

 is v\'onderful that he could wield such a 

 mighty inlluence in modern apiculture at 

 such " long range," and in a foreign country, 

 even if it was his old fatherland. 



It is gratifying to know that his son, 

 Camille, is also able to inlluence, as did his 

 much-respected father, at " long range.'' 



E. R. Root. 



FUO-M TUE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Chas. Dadant, at the advanced age of S.5, 

 passed away, after a short illness, on July lij. 

 Forty years ago, when he came to this coun- 

 try from France, he was a poor man with a 

 family, and no knowledge of our language. 

 Notwithstanding these disadvantages, he and 

 his son, C. F. Dadant, have built up a most 

 prosperous business in the production of 

 honey, and especially so in the manufacture 

 of comb foundation. .Not only have they 

 done much towards the building up of bee- 

 keeping in this country, but the mother 

 country has not been forgotten — the name of 

 Dadant being an authority in that sunny 

 clime. 



FROM THE CANADIAN BEE .lOl'RNAL. 



The bee-keeping world will learn with re- 

 gret of the death of Mr. Charles Dadant. of 

 Hamilton. 111., on July 16, after a brief illness. 

 Mr. Dadant was deservedly considered one of 

 the fathers of American ijee keeping, and in 

 his death the industry has lost one of its most 

 faithful and devoted followers, and who, 

 apart from his connection with the revisions 

 and translations of that magnificent work, 

 " The Hive and Honey-Bee," by L. L. Lang- 

 stroth, has done much for its highest 

 advancement. 



FROM THE MODERN FARMER AND BUST BEE. 



The Modern Farmer and Busy Bee speaks 

 thus of Mr. Dadant, through its editor, Emer- 

 son T. Abbott: 



We are pained to be compelled to announce 

 the death of one of our prominent bee-keepers 

 and staunch friends, the senior member of 

 the firm of Chas. Dadant tfe Son. Mr. Dadant 

 was born in 1^17. and died July 16, 1902, be- 

 ing in his s.">lh year. He was born in France, 

 and educated in the language of his nativity. 

 He never aciiuired an easy use of the English 

 language in conversation, but, notwithstand- 

 ing this, he wa.s a very interesting conversa- 

 tionalist. He has been identified with the 

 bee-keeping industry for more than a quarter 



