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GLEAM XGS IN BEE CULTIRE 



Oct. 1 



THE WAX-PRESS A HONEY- SQUEEZER. 



It may not be generally known, but the 

 ordinary wax-press is a most excellent ma- 

 chine for pressing or squeezing honey out of 

 loose broken or irregular chunks of honey. 

 These inay be put down into the basket of 

 the machine, without the application of 

 heat, and squeezed, allowing the free hon- 

 ey to pass off. When the honey is all out, 

 steam may then be generated in the lower 

 part of the machine, and the wax melted 

 and squeezed in the regulation way. Chunk 

 honey is very often put into the solar wax- 

 extractor, the honey and wax running off 

 together, the latter coming to the top when 

 cool. But the flavor of the honey is nearly 

 always tainted by such treatment; but by 

 the plan I have already outlined, honey 

 may be taken from the press, and it will be 

 in every respect as good as that taken with 

 the ordinary centrifugal honey-extractor. 



keepers of the State are urged to see their 

 representatives and candidates for election, 

 and get their pledges, if possible, in ad- 

 vance. An ante-election pledge is more 

 easily secured than one after the election. 

 Put in your best licks now. 



CROSS BEES AND LIGHT CLOTHING. 



White clothing, says Mr. Hutchinson, 

 saves the wearer some annoyance and 

 stings. I have seen this stated before, but 

 have been somewhat skeptical about it. 

 Black buttons on a light coat, I am aware, 

 will be attacked sometimes by bees because 

 the buttons are suggestive of the eyes of an 

 animal, and instinct seems to tell them these 

 are vital. I imagine that a black hat on a 

 person with white clothing might be the ob- 

 ject of an onslaught of stings from bees en- 

 raged from any cause. My own notion is, 

 if one were dressed in dark clothing, with- 

 out any contrast of white or black spots in 

 it, and all the surrounding objects were of 

 about the same tint or darkness, cross bees 

 would pay no more attention to it than they 

 would to white clothing. But I am sure of 

 this: That any thing black or dark-colored, 

 surrounded by a white background, will 

 attract their attention. 



OHIO bee-keepers and an OHIO STATE 



bee-keepers' association ; a 

 FOUL- brood bill. 

 The bee-keepers oi Ohio should remem- 

 ber that our Ohio legislature will be in 

 session this winter, and it is highly impor- 

 tant that we get a foul-brood bill through 

 if possible. There is a movement on foot to 

 resurrect the old Ohio State Bee-keepers' 

 Association, and a meeting will probably 

 be called at an early date at Cincinnati. 

 The times now seem ripe for our Ohio bee- 

 keepers to take hold of the matter, and push 

 it to a successful issue. Two years ago, 

 when our Ohio legislature was in session, 

 the slogan cry was "economy." Governor 

 Nash gave it out that no appropriation 

 bills, unless of the utmost urgency, should 

 be allowed to pass. I interviewed a num- 

 ber of our Senators and Representatives at 

 the time, and was told that it would be 

 quite useless to undertake to get such a bill 

 through as we desired at that session. But 

 the Ohio treasury is now full. The bee- 



in memoriam of g. b. lewis. 

 On the 11th of last June, Mr. G. B. Lew- 

 is, founder and president of the G. B. Lew- 

 is Co., Watertown, Wis., died at his resi- 

 dence in that place. Strangely enough, 

 notice of his death did not reach us at the 

 time, and it was only when the writer was 

 making a trip through Wisconsin, looking 

 up the bass wood situation for sections, that 

 I heard mention of it. We then wrote to 

 Mr. G. C. Lewis, his son, for a photo and 

 some facts concerning the life of his re- 

 spected father. In response we received 

 the following clipping from a local paper, 

 which gives some idea of Mr. Lewis' worth 

 from the standpoint of his own townspeople. 



George Burnham Lewis, a prominent manufacturer 

 and business man, president of the G. B. Lewis Co., 

 died at his home shoitly after 9 o'clock last night. 

 His death was i.ot unexpected, as he had been in a 

 dangerous condition several daj'S. Hardening of the 

 arteries was the primary cause of his dtaih. 



Mr. Lewis was born in Moreiu, New York, July 5, 

 1832. He received an education in his native city, and, 

 when a young man of 21. came West, reaching this 

 city in 1853, where he remained during the summer 

 visiting with his brothers who had preceded him 

 here. He returned to New York in the fall, and 

 shortly after was married to Miss Sarah J. lugalsbe. 

 Mr. Lewis tried farming for awhile; but his thoughts 

 reverted to Wisconsin, and in 18(31 he removed to this 

 city and has lived here ever since. In company with 

 his brother, R. E, Lewis, he purchased the water 

 power on the west bank of Rock River, then owned 

 by a man named Salsey. The firm name was then 

 R. E. & G. B. Lewis, and, after sawing up the logs 

 which were purchased with the mill and water power, 

 the firm engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, 

 and blinds. In 1870 R. E. Lewis retired and G. B. 

 Lew s became sole owner, and conducted the business 

 until 1878, when the firm of Lewis & Parks was form- 

 ed; and upon the death of Mr. Parks, his .son in law, 

 the firm became known as the G. B. Lewis Company, 

 one ot the largest manufacturers of bee-keepers' sup- 

 plies in this country. From a small beginning the 

 business of the firmincreased rapidly under his guid- 

 ance and manage:nent until it became one of the 

 largest of its kind with a manufactured product which 

 se is all over the world 



Mr. Lewis p ssessed a quiet and amiable disposition, 

 and was a man of integrity. In his business and so- 

 cial life he displayed tho'e characteristics which are 

 so much admired; and those who had occision to have 

 business or social intercurse with him always had 

 a kind word to say in praise of his many good quali- 

 ties. Mr. Lewis never aspired to political honors, pre- 

 ferring the quiet of his home. For twenty years he 

 has passed the winter months in Dunedin, Fla.. where 

 he has large property interests a. id it \^as while there 

 early this spring that he was taken sick. He return 

 ed home in April, and has gradually failed in health 

 until released from earthly suffering by the hand of 

 death. By his death Watertown loses one of its old- 

 est and most progressive business men, and an honor- 

 able citizen who alwavs took pride in his home city 

 and helped in its upbuilding. He will be sadly missed 

 from the family home circle, and by his many friends 

 and acquaintances here and throughout the State. 



His widow and two children, Mrs. L. I,. Parks and 

 George C. Lewis, of this city, survive. 



It is a real pleasure to us to present a 

 portr;nt of one who was so prominently 

 connected with the making of bee-hives 

 and sections, for indeed Mr. Lewis had 

 considerable to do in the great bee-keeping 



