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MR. R. F. HOLTERMANN, THE APIARIST. 



^^k { E have the pleasure of introducing to our readers . this 

 month the face of an enthusiast in bee-keeping ; Mr. R. 

 F. Holtermann, of Brantford, who has been contributing 

 to these pages so much valuable matter in the apiary 

 department. He first appeared before our Association 

 at our meeting in Brantford, in December, 1892, and 

 read a very interesting paper on "Bee-keeping and Fruit- 

 >MV ; v'" — ■ f j\^ growing as a United Industry," which appears in our last 



report on page 34. In it he shows that bee-keeping, if intelligently conducted, 

 is profitable ; but even if not directly profitable to the fruit-grower, it is indirectly 

 so, by reason of the work done by the bees in the fertilization of the blossoms. 

 Richard Ferdinand Holtermann was born in Hamburg, Germany, in i860. 

 His boyhood was spent in the County of Renfrew, and his education- was 

 acquired at the Ottawa Collegiate Institute, Upper Canada College, Day's 

 Commercial College, and the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. His know- 

 ledge of practical bee keeping was gained by two years with Mr. D. A. Jones at 

 Beeton, who is the Bee King of Canada. 



In 1882, Mr. Holtermann was made Secretary of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and in his representative capacity is a frequent attendant upon the 

 meetings of the various Convention of 



bee-keepers in the neighboring Repub- / " "**. 



lie. He has also held various other 

 orifices as Secretary of the Ontario Ex- 

 perimental Union, President of the 

 same, President of the Brant Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, Lecturer at the 

 Farmers' Institute, besides being an 

 active member of various other educa- 

 tive societies. 



Mr. Holtermann is not without ex- 

 perience in fruit growing, having been 

 one of the first to attempt growing 

 apples and pears in the County of 

 Renfrew. His venture was not very 

 successful, owing to the selection of 

 unsuitable varieties. Since that time, 

 thanks to our Association, certain var- 

 ieties have been proved hardy enough 

 to be planted in that district. He is a 

 warm friend of the fruit grower, as is 

 evidenced by the tone of his recent 



Fro. 577.— R. F. Holtermann. 



