luoGHAiMiiES OF notp:d HEE-KEEPP:HS. 



H. R. BOARDMAN. 

 H. R. Boardmaii was born Apr. 2. 1834, in Swanzey, 

 N. H., and at about out- year of a.K<' lie was taken to 

 what was tlien tlic wilderness West, and during' near- 

 ly all Ills life liis present i>laei' ol residenee, Bast 



II. U. I!< lAHD.MAN. 



Townseiid. Oliio, lias been liis home. The district 

 school was his only college, unless we take into ac- 

 count the opportunities for development afforded by 

 an aequaintanee with the wild woods, abounding in 

 deer, tinkles, and other wild game. Mr. Boardman 

 says, "The wild woods ha\e ever possessed a charm 

 for me. The jiages of Nature's great open book 

 liave furnished me much with which to make life 

 Iileasant; and it is this aesthetic taste, no doubt, that 

 has led me to my present occupation of bee-keep- 

 ing." Mr. B. has a cabinet of mounted specimens of 

 birds, prepared by his own liands. in which he takes 

 a pride next to that which he takes in his apiaries. 



Mr. Boardman's training as a bee-keeper com- 

 menced at a very early age. His father was a bee- 

 keeper of the old school, and a very successful one. 

 By means of box hives and the brimstone-pit he se- 

 cured honey for the family table, and also some to 

 sell, nearly every season. Later on. boxes were put 

 on top, the boxes sealed around with lime mortar or 

 moist clay, to exclude the light entirely, in order to 

 induce the bees to commence work in them. One 

 year his father bought 25 colonies of bees early in 

 tlie season, away from home; and as there was no 

 one to watch them at swarming time, he t.icrt>(l them 

 tip by putting an em))t,\- hi\'e over each colony, there 

 being a hole through which the bees could pass into 

 the liives above. In the fall the bees were l>rim- 

 stoned, and the honey hauled home, nearly a ton! 

 ( 'onsideralile irild honey was also obtained from the 

 trees. The abundance of these wild bees before 

 tame bees were abundant, suggested, Mr. B. thinks, 

 that tliey were native. 



Mr. Boai'dman is a careful observer, doing his own 

 thinking, and adhering to plans which he has found 

 successful. He lu-oduces coml) honey, and keeps 400 



or 500 colonies in four apiaries. He is remarknhly 

 succes.sful in wintering. He aims to secure a mod- 

 erate yield with moderate increase, and has tints car- 

 ried on a profitable and increasing business. 



Mr. B. is of si)are tigure, hardly up to medium 

 size, earnest in manner, suggesting a person of great 

 decision and actixity. Although not a prolific writ- 

 er, whate\er has come from his pen is jd-actical and 

 valuable. 



CHARLES F. MVTH. 

 (.'Iiarles F. Miilh is one of our vi'teraiis in bee iiil- 

 ture. Vcars ago, when we first began to talk about 

 movable-frame hives and Italian bees, lie was one 

 among us, and a man always posted. Of late yi ais 

 he has been i)retty Avell known by his articles on the 

 treatment of foul brood; and as he succeeds in cur- 

 ing it ill his own apiary, we think it fair to presume 

 he would in any apiary, if lie had proin-r facilities. 

 Although for many years friend Miith's apiar.\ was 

 on the roof of his store, or, rather, store and dwell- 

 ing, it is now situated in a sort of open veianda, the 

 open side being ne.xt to the river. Through this 

 open side the bees go out and in. The hives are 

 |)la(-ed a convenient, distance from the floor, and ar- 

 ranged with alleys between them. Although he has 

 some thirty or forty colonies grouped together (piite 

 closely, they seem to go out and in, and find their rc- 

 siieetiv(! hives. iust as well, for aught we could see. as 

 thoselocafed in the o])en air. The bees we saw there 

 last fall were beautifully marked, and \i'r> do<-ilf. 

 We licrcwitli present .\'oii his picture. 



IHARI.ES F. MUTH. 



Friend Mutli has. of late years, been more widely 

 known as a great hone>- buyer, than as a producer of 

 honey on a large scale. Perhiips no man In the 

 world has bought and sold more honey than he has; 

 and one very i)leasant thing about it is, that in all 

 these large biisin(>ss transactions all his customers 

 seem to lie uariii personal friends. 



