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engaged in this work, and taught several 

 very successful schools in St. Joseph 

 county, Ind. 



In 1876 she joined her parents in St. 

 Edwards, Nebr., where they had pre- 

 viously moved. Here she continued her 

 chosen pursuit of school work for one 

 year, when she was married on Sept. 

 18, 1877, to Mr. J. N. Heater. This 

 worthy personage was, and still is, a 

 member of " the grip-sack fraternity," 

 managing the business of an eastern 

 manufacturing establishment in the 

 Southwestern States, and his entire time 

 is spent on the road. 



To one of so much ambition and 

 former activity, the fact of merely living 

 soon became extremely monotonous to 

 Mrs. Heater, so in 1881 she purchased 

 7 colonies of bees, and made a practical 

 study of them. The next spring 14 

 nuclei colonies were added, and success 

 attended the venture from the very first. 

 For the last ten years her " Eureka 

 Apiary" has numbered from 125 to 150 

 colonies of carefully-bred Italian bees. 

 Several years ago implements and sup- 

 plies were added to the venture, and 

 now she owns and conducts one of the 

 most complete supply houses to be found 

 in the West, in connection with her 

 splendidly equipped apiary. She per- 

 sonally superintends every branch of 

 the business, issues an annual catalogue 

 and price-list, and ships bees, queens, 

 honey and supplies to all parts of the 

 West. 



Mrs. Heater is an active member of 

 the Nebraska Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 and has many times been honored by 

 this society, and is now an officer of the 

 association. 



Mr. and Mrs. Heater's home and api- 

 ary are located about five blocks from a 

 railroad depot, and her apiary is always 

 open to visitors, and especially to all 

 bee-keepers. 



As a writer, Mrs. Heater is well 

 versed, and one article prepared by her 

 once for a convention, was copied by 

 papers in several of the States. But 

 while Mrs. H. is willing and proud to 



stand in line as one of the prominent 

 bee-keepers of this country, she has no 

 inclination to pose before the public. 

 Nevertheless, we know that this short 

 sketch of her active life will be read 

 with much interest. 



CONYEIWTION DIRECTORY. 



1893. 



Time and place of meeUng. 



Dec. 28, 29,— Kansas, at Ottawa, Kans. 



J. R. Barnhard, Sec, Ottawa, Kans. 

 1894. 

 Jan. 2, .3.— Michigan State, at Flint, Mich. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec, Flint, Mich. 



Jan. 23, 24.— Nebraska State, at York, Nebr. 

 L. D. Stilson, Sec, York, Nebr. 



Jan. 24, 25.— Vermont, at Burlington, Vt. 



H, W. Scott, Sec, Barre, Vt. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor, 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott St. Joseph. Mo. 



Vice-Pres.— O. L. Hershiser Buflfalo, N. Y. 



Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York... Chicago, Ills. 



Hational Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman. Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



** A Modei-M ISee-Farm and Its 



Economic Management," is the title of a 

 splendid book on practical bee-culture, by 

 Mr. S. Simmins, of England. It is 5%x83^ 

 inches in size, and contains 270 pages, 

 nicely illustrated, and bound in cloth. It 

 shows " how bees may be cultivated as a 

 means of livelihood; as a health-giving 

 pursuit ; and as a source of recreation to 

 the busy man." It also illustrates how 

 profits may be ' ' made certain by growing 

 crops yielding the most honey, having also 

 other uses; and by judgment in breeding a 

 good working strain of bees." Price, post- 

 paid, from this office, f 1.00 ; or clubbed with 

 the Bee Journal for one year, for $1.60. 



**Xlie Hoiiey-B ee : Its Natural 

 History, Anatomy and Physiology," is the 

 title of the book written by Thos. Wm. 

 Cowan, editor of the British Bee Journal. It 

 is bound in cloth, beautifully illustrated, 

 and very interesting. Price, $1.00, post- 

 paid ; or we club it with the Bee Journal 

 one year for $1.65. We have only four of 

 these books left. 



