1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1307 



Lord. Thei'e are probably not over 20 per 

 cent of the births of this age that live to see 

 their hftieth year: and yet you have not only 

 lived to see your 87th year, but tifty of it 

 have l)een spent in continuous bee-keeping: 

 and remarka])le, also, is the fact that, in the 

 last few yeai's. so clear have been your fac- 

 ulties that you have gone out repeatedly for 

 the Root Company and requeened large api- 

 aries, and have done considerable work in 

 thetUfferent apiaries throughout the country 

 at gi>od wages, etc. 



••It gives me great pleasure, on l)ehalf of 

 the Philadelphia Bee-keepers' Association, to 

 present to you this solid ebony cane, sug- 

 gestive to me of your upright walk for so 

 many years — this solid ivory head suggestive 

 of the clear bright head that has guiiled your 

 coiu'se this half-century of bee-keeping, and 

 which has made your advice miich sought l)y 

 your fellow bee-keepers — this solid gold band 

 engraved with your name and the name of 

 the Association, suggesting your true heart 

 that has draj\'n you to all your fellows, and 

 made you loved by all. It can he truly said 

 you have not an enemy.'" 



Mr. Twining arose to reply, but was en- 

 tirely overcome with delight and surprise. 

 After some reminiscent remarks on the part 

 of President Townseud. telling of the forma- 

 tion of the Society in ISS'2. twenty-four years 

 ago. Dr. Townseud l)eing President and Mr. 

 Hahman Secretary ever since, the bee-keep- 

 ers adjourned after a tine collation. 



ANOTHER FAMILY AVHOSE PICTURE 



IS A PROOF OF THE VALUE OF 



HONEY AS A FOOD. 



A Father and 31<>ther who have Reason to 

 be Proud. 



I saw the picture of the Gaul family in the 

 June issue, and was not surprised at the 

 statement made: but I think we are not a 

 whit lieliind, as we are a family of ten chil- 

 dren, the oldest of which is now thirty and 

 and the youngest twelve. I am twenty-one, 

 and do not remember ever having to do with- 

 out honey, and we have had all the honey 

 we wanted every meal: but mother says 

 there was one time for several weeks when 

 we had not honey, and that was the only 

 time for thirty years. You can see that we 

 have an aljundance of good health, as there 

 never was serious sickness in the family. 

 There is no doubt about the healthfulness of 

 honey. I. Good. 



iSIarion. Ind. 



Mr. Boot: — In addition to what my son has 

 written I will atld. for the ])euefit and en- 

 couragement of my old friend A. I. Root, 

 whom 1 always have admired, and have read 

 every thing he has written for Gleanings 

 from the lieginning. and have tried to pi'ofit 

 by reading the excellent advice he has given, 

 tliat the family of children of your humlile 

 servant have all attended Sunday-school 

 from their youth up. The one on the ex- 



A PEKMANENT PROOF OF THE HEALTHFULNESS OF HONEY. 



