. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ko. 66 —Elwarl Kretctimer. The subject of our sketch this week is another of the leading bee-keepers whom we had the pleasure of meeting. E. KRETCHMER. often during the World's Fair last sum- mer, and whom it was always a delight to see on our weekly visits to the api- arian department in the ''White ; The Progressive Bee-Keeper—the paper from which we take the subjoined sketch —says this of our Iowa friend : Mr. Kretchmer is one of the pioneers of Western apiculture, a man of whom the bee-keeping fraternity may be proud, and one who has rec
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ko. 66 —Elwarl Kretctimer. The subject of our sketch this week is another of the leading bee-keepers whom we had the pleasure of meeting. E. KRETCHMER. often during the World's Fair last sum- mer, and whom it was always a delight to see on our weekly visits to the api- arian department in the ''White ; The Progressive Bee-Keeper—the paper from which we take the subjoined sketch —says this of our Iowa friend : Mr. Kretchmer is one of the pioneers of Western apiculture, a man of whom the bee-keeping fraternity may be proud, and one who has received many honors, both from those of his calling, and the public at large. As mentioned on another page, it was Bro. Kretchmer who superintended the Iowa honey exhibit at the World's Fair, and his successful efforts are well at- tested by a glance at the illustration on page 104, and also by the awards secured. Incidentally, we may say that he is one of the largest manufacturers and dealers in bee-keepers'supplies west of the " Mississippi ; As we doubtless could add nothing further of interest regarding Bro. Kretchmer, we are glad to give the sketch referred to before, written by his 12-year-old daughter, Valencia, who is not only a member of the Iowa State Bee-Keepers' Association, but also of the North American. Here is what she writes about "her papa"—and she ought to know him pretty well: Edward Kretchmer was born on the Atlantic ocean in 1844, on the Ameri- can merchant vessel, "Louisiana;" and though of German parentage, he is an American by birth. He was brought up in Selicia, Prussia. His father was one of the prominent bee-keepers of his time, and the originator of the first rolls that manufactured "mid-rib," or our earlier form of comb foundation ; which, by writers, is frequently confounded with that of Mehring's, whose invention presented the edge of a full thickness of comb, or the beginning of a top-bar. Henc
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