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(;i.KANlN(iS IN I'.KK cn/Pl'h'K 



Oct. 15 



The \fUiun Hfnr,\ M. Twinint 



after he had "hived " an artificially made swarm on his arm; demonstration 

 at the Jenkintown fleld-day meet on June 26. 



CELEBKATION OP THE GOLDEN AN 

 NIVERSARY OF A VETERAN BEE- 

 KEEPER. 



Held under the Auspices of tlie Pliiladelphia 

 B. K. A. at Logan, Pa., Sept. 22. 



BY W. A. SELSEK. 



[Our readers will remember that we promised to 

 show a picture of the veteran, Henrv M. Twining-. 

 who made a shook swarm cluster on his bare arm at 

 the Jenkmtown Held day, June 26. The editor's cam- 

 era failed to catch him while he was gjoing about 

 among the crowds with this swarm. But, fortunately, 

 another kodak caught the act, and the picture was 

 kmdly placed at our disposal, and we take pleasure in 

 presenting- the same herewith. Very recently a unique 

 convention was held at Logan, Pa., to celebrate the 

 golden anniversary of this same Mr. Twining's expe- 

 rience as a bee-keeper. As this comes in verv ap- 

 propriately here, we are glad to place a report of the 

 meeting right here.— Ed.] 



Meeting called to order by President, Dr. 

 Henry Townsend; Secretary, F. Hahman. 



After routine lousiness, Mr. Twining was 

 called upon to give his first experience in 

 bee-keeping, in 1856, fifty years ago. 



He said in part that his father kept bees 

 before hiui, and all the people in that day 

 sulphured the bees to get the honey. In the 

 spring of 1856 he was living in the upper 

 part of Bucks Co. , and learned that a man 

 by the name of Johnson, living at Attleboro, 

 had received the right for sale of the Lang- 

 stroth hive for that vicinity. He visited him 



and received the individual right to make 

 the hive for $5.00, and a hive of bees for an 

 additional $5.00. His father then gave him 

 a colony of Ijees, which he transferred. He 

 then sold the hives to a number of people 

 and went all over the neighborhood, taking 

 honey out of the box hives for the people in 

 the fall, and getting the comb and bees for 

 his trouble. He took the bees home in a 

 covered box and transferred them into Lang- 

 stroth hives. He said there were thi-ee things 

 that man 



Can not drive- 

 Women, hogs, and bees in a hive. 



He lost only one hive bought in this way aft- 

 er they had been fed up with sugar syrup. 



In 1867 he sold five queens to one man, in- 

 troduced them, and got $50.00 besides his ex- 

 penses when he finished the work. About 

 that year he sold a colony of bees to a man 

 in Florida for $25.00, and sold a number of 

 queens for $15.00. 



Mr. Wm. A. Selser was then called on 1)y 

 the Presiilent to make the presentaticui 

 speech of a gold-banded cane, a present of 

 the Philadelphia Bee-keepers' Association. 

 In part, Mr. Selser said:-- 



"This is a most notable occasion in many 

 respects, and probably not any of the pres- 

 ent bee-keepers will pass through this happy 

 experience of reaching the fiftieth year in bee- 

 keeping. Our younger men are" compelled 

 to live too strenuous a life to live to such an 

 age, although that is in the hands of the 



