AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



779 



No. 61.-Mrs. J. If. Heater. 



Again we are afforded the pleasure of 

 presenting to our readers one of apicul- 

 ture's successful and prominent lady dev- 

 otees, in the person of Mrs; J. N. 



MRS. J. N. HEATER. 



Heater, of Nebraska. For some time 

 she has replied to queries for the Bee 

 Journal, hence the name is well-known 

 to our readers. 



We had the good fortune to meet her, 

 as well as her husband, at the Chicago 

 convention last October, ajid we found 

 them to be very kind and genial — just 

 like the rest of the bee-keepers in the 

 State where they reside. 



The Nebraska Bee-Keeper, some time 

 ago, contained a picture and short bio- 

 graphical sketch of Mrs. Heater, a por- 

 tion of which we have used in preparing 

 this. 



Mrs. Heater was born in Defiance 

 county, Ohio, on March 5, 1855. Her 

 father kept bees in the old way, in box- 

 hives on a long bench, and when still a 

 little child it was a very common occur- 

 rence to find her kneeling on the grass 

 at one end of the bench, with her head 

 resting on the same — sound asleep. To 

 watch the bees at their work ever had 

 a fascination for her, and in after years 

 she eagerly sought whatever information 

 she could gain concerning them. In 

 fact, Mr. Heater says that his wife has 

 never yet found anything in print rela- 

 tive to snakes, ants, spiders or bees, but 

 what she has given it a careful reading. 



We learn that one of the pleasantest 

 memories she had to take home with 

 her from her seven weeks' sojourn at 

 the World's Fair, was the pleasure of 

 meeting so many genial fellow bee-keep- 

 ers. Mr. and Mrs. Heater have in view 

 still another treat for this winter — that 

 of visiting the Mid-Winter Fair, in San 

 Francisco, and taking a tour through 

 the States of Washington, Oregon and 

 California. 



Mrs. Heater's maiden name was Anna 

 E. Case. She moved with her parents 

 from their Ohio home to Niles, Mich. 

 After several years spent on a farm near 

 the latter place, the family moved to 

 South Bend, Ind. Her life up to this 

 time was passed much as is the life of 

 any farmer's child, until she entered the 

 high school in Mishawaka, Ind., and 

 where she finished her career of instruc- 

 tion three years later. 



She then took up the rod and cudgel, 

 and assumed control in the school-room 

 in one of the city schools of Mishawaka. 

 Her health failing, she was obliged to 

 resign and return to her home at South 

 Bend, where, after regaining health, she 

 entered her father's store as book- 

 keeper. Preferring the school-room, 

 however, she soon found herself again 



