June, 1921 



GT.EANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



343 



I HAVE said 

 several times 

 that there 

 was only one 

 Dr. Miller in the 

 world, and that 

 there would 

 never be another 

 one; and while 

 that statement 

 is literally correct, if tliero is any man in 

 the whole Southland who has in him some 

 of the delightful personalities of the sage 

 of Marengo, it is T. W. Livingston, Norman 

 Park, Ga. He is comparatively unknown 

 to the beekeeping world; but one can not 



THE DR. MILLER OF THE SOUTH 



An All-around Genius; a Pioneer 

 in the Successful Use of an Extract- 

 or Reversing on a Central '^i'vot 



By E. R. Root 



T. W. LivingstoJi the Dr. Miller of the Southland. 

 While he does not look like Dr. Miller, yet in age, 

 experience, and actual knowledge of bees, he is 

 very much like him; and on top of it all he has 

 Pr. Miller's loving mannerism. 



be in contact with him very long without 

 being impressed that here is a beekeeper of 

 more than average intelligence. Almost as 

 old as Dr. Miller, he has a lovable manner- 

 ism and a knowledge of bees and bee be- 

 havior thjit is seldom surpassed. No, he is 

 hot quite like Dr. Miller, in that he is not 

 given to playful jokes; but he is like him 

 because lie is so likable, and knows so much 

 that's worth knowing. 



Mr. Livingston is somewhat like another 

 doctor well known in beedom. I refer to 

 Dr. G. L. Tinker, an inventor and mechanic. 

 If you could take Dr. Miller and Dr. Tinker 

 and make a comVjination of the two you 

 would have Livingston. A short time ago 

 I wrote him in a letter that he reminded 

 me of Dr. Miller. He came back with the 

 statement, "I do not think myself worthy 

 to be called the Dr. Miller of the South. ' ' 

 That is Mr. Livingston all over. He is very 

 modest — extremely so — and that is why we 

 have not heard more of him. 



But why is he like I)r. Tinker? If you 

 could go thru his workshop you would see 

 that he is a fine mechanic; and not only that, 

 he could have become a mechanical engi- 



neer, and a first- 

 class one, had 

 he qualified for 

 that in his 

 younger days. I 

 will explain 

 later why I 

 think so. 



Mr. Livingston 

 is a northern 

 man who wont south. He has been keeping 

 bees in a modest way both north and south, 

 and, like many another genius, he has 

 studied his locality most thoroly, so that he 

 probably knows more about Southland condi- 

 tions than many men who have lived there 

 all their lives. For example, his knowledge 

 of honey plants, for one who does not pre- 

 tend to be a botanist, is remarkable. He 

 not only can give instanter the English but 

 the Latin names of all the important honey 

 plants in the South. As our readers know, 

 we have in preparation quite an extensive 

 volume, "The Honey-bearing IMants of 

 North America," by Lovell. Naturally 

 enough I was pleased to find a man who 

 could assist Mr. Lovell. 



Central-Pivot Reversible Extractor. 

 But the thing that, perhaps, interested 

 me more, and the thing that caused me to 

 visit Mr. Livingston in the first place, was 

 his four-frame central-pivot reversible 

 honey-extractor. Some 12 years ago, in con- 

 sidering the two plans of reversing the 

 combs in the extractor he decided on the 

 type of machine that is now coming rapidly 

 to the front; and during all these years our 

 friend has been using this extractor — the 

 same model that he made at first. It is 

 light, portable, and stands service. The 

 scheme of reversing the pockets is original 

 with him, and quite, unique. One would al- 

 nidst think it had been worked out by a 

 trained nuH-hanical engineer. In any event 

 it would take a mechanic to make it. Had 



This is a top view of Jjiviugslon's central-pivot 

 four-frame reversible honey-extractor. Livingston 

 was ahead of his time in deciding that this principle 

 is correct. The reversing is accomplishing by means 

 of a chain around each basket, communicating with 

 a planetary-gear .system surrounding the shaft. Mr. 

 I-ivingston has used this for 12 years wUb com- 

 plete satisfaction, 



