SEPTEMBER 1, 191C 



795 



the foundation would be 25 cents; and if 

 ten pounds of this lioney is owing to the 

 use of the foundation in full sheets, the 25 

 cents represent tlie cost of the ten pounds 



gained to us. Because i( is profitable to 

 use comb foundation in sections is the 

 second reason why I have changed my 

 l^raetice. 

 Naples, N. Y. 



OSWALD ST. JOHN GILBERT, A "BEE KING 



BY LESLIE BURR 



Who is the most extensive honey-produc- 

 er today? How many can answer? 



My acquaintance with extensive honey- 

 producers dates from the year 1900 — the 

 year I attended the 

 convention of the 

 National Beekeepers' 

 Association at Chicago, 

 and there met many 

 of the extensive bee- 

 keepers of the United 

 States. Prior to that 

 time I had never met 

 any person who had 

 more than a hundred or 

 so colonies of bees, so 

 it was with a feeling of 

 awe that I took my seat 

 at the convention among 

 men who wei'e large 

 honey-producers, e s t i- 

 mating their crops each 

 season as so many tons 

 or carloads. Particular- 

 ly do I remember W. 

 L. Coggshall. He sat 

 next to me during one 

 of the sessions, and lat- 

 er we talked over some 

 of tlie subjects that had 

 been under discussion. 

 Coggshall at that time 

 was in the lime - light 

 as the foremost prac- 

 tical honey-producer on 

 a large scale. When 

 I met him I had a feel- 

 ing that I had met one 

 of the super-men — ■ a 

 man who was able to see 

 fnrtlier and go further 

 than the ordinary mor- 

 tal. Since that time T 

 have met most of the 

 extensive honey-produc- 

 ers of the United Slates 

 and Cuba, but never ouf 

 that gave me the feel- 

 ing that my first meet- 

 ing with Coggshall caus- 

 ed until I met Oswald 



St, John Gilbert, of Honolulu, Hawaiian 

 Islands, manager of the Sandwich Islands 

 Honey Company. 



Gilbert, even tho he is known in the 



Oswald St. John Gilbert, of Honolulu, manager of the 

 Sandwich Islands Honey Co. 



