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GEORGE \V. YORK, Editor. 







39th YEAR. 



CHICAGO, ILL, JULY 20, 1899. 



No, 29. 





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^.AP-HIEAt. 



Miss Pickard and Her Apiary. 



Miss Ada L. Pickard, who is shown herewith in her 

 apiary, resides in Richland Co., Wis., and is one of the few 

 lady bee-keepers who is making- a wonderful success in her 

 chosen field. We are glad to be permitted to place before 

 our readers not only the picture, but also the following- few 

 words from Miss Pickard about herself and her work with 

 the bees : 



When I was a small girl my mother purchast Mr. S. I. 

 Freeborn's apiary, numbering 160 colonies, which he placed 

 upon our farm in 

 Richland County 

 during the sum- 

 mer of 1887. She 

 being very much 

 interested in the 

 ty o r k succeeded 

 in interesting me 

 during the vaca- 

 tions. I always 

 workt with her un- 

 til the spring- of 

 1898, when w e 

 moved 100 colonies 

 about 12 miles 

 from home, and I 

 took charge of the 

 apiary having sole 

 management of it, 

 and securing, as 

 the result of mv 

 labors, 16,000 

 pounds of fine 

 basswood honey. 

 The picture repre- 

 sents me in my 

 apiary last sum- 

 mer. 



When fall came, 

 we removed our 

 bees home and 

 placed them in 

 winter quarters. 

 Having excellent 

 success in winter- 

 ing, we moved 111 

 colonies to the 



Miss Ada /,, Pickard and .Ipiary — Richland Co., Wisconsin. 



place where I now am, and we are awaiting the results. 

 The prospects are very good for a crop of honey this year, 

 as the basswood trees are hanging loaded with bloom. 



We trust that this short account may prove an inspira- 

 tion to other daughters of our readers. They may not be 

 able to "go and do likewise " to the extent which Miss 

 Pickard has attained, but in all probability they might be 

 very successful in their efforts along the bee-keeping line. 



We regret that Miss Pickard didn't go a little more into 

 the details regarding herself and her work, but as we hinted 

 when writing her that she need not give any clew to her age, 

 we presume she felt excused from giving many other inter- 

 esting particulars as well. 



In the last report issued by the Wisconsin Farmers' In- 

 stitutes, we find the following from Miss Pickard's pen, 

 being a portion of an entertaining contribution, entitled, 

 "The Importance and Development of Bee-Culture :" 



THE BKK-MASTKR, PROGRESS IN BEE-KEEPING, ETC. 



To be a thoro 

 bee - master re- 

 quires as much in- 

 telligence, fore- 

 thought, and skill, 

 as to be a good 

 lawyer, physician, 

 or any other pro- 

 fessional, and 

 withal a clear 

 perception of the 

 relation of cause 

 and effect. Some 

 people are inclined 

 to think that bee- 

 keeping is a pleas- 

 ant pastime which 

 lazy and incom- 

 petent people can 

 take up with suc- 

 cess, thinking all 

 that is required is 

 to put bees into a 

 hive in some out- 

 of-the-way place, 

 and that they will 

 "work for nothing 

 and board them- 

 selves." And so 

 they may, but if 

 the owner desires 

 to obtain any sur- 

 plus for his own 

 table, or for the 

 market, he must 

 give them further 

 care, and unless 



