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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



JOHN S. HAKBloON, DECEASEiJ 



Mr. William Muth-Rasmussen, now 

 a comb honey producer of Inyo 

 County, California, was one of the 

 prominent beekeepers of Los Angeles 

 County in the early '70s. As far as 

 can be learned, he was the first on 

 the Pacific Coast to use an extractor. 

 He brought out a Peabody extractor 

 in 1871. Prior to this all liquid honey 

 was rendered out in the sun-extractor. 



Mr. Muth-Rasmussen writes that 

 about three years after this he found 

 others using home-made extractors 

 run by gear wheels. In 1873 Mr. 

 Muth-Rasmussen and Capt. J. T. Gor- 

 don called a meeting and organized 

 the Los Angeles County Bee-Keepers 

 Association. This was the first bee- 

 keepers' association on the Pacific 

 Coast. John Beckley was the first to 



