. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Death of G. M. Doolittle Marietta, N. Y., June 10, 1918. Gilbert M. Doolittle died June 3 of heart failure. He was taken ill in church the day before. He was 72 years of age in April last. A widow survives him. No children. P. G. CLARK. G. M. Doolittle was one of the most experienced beekeepers in the United States. He was a subscriber of the American Bee Journal as early as 1870, and a contributor, more or less G. M. DOOLITTLE regularly, to this magazine and Glean- ings from that time to this. The greatest invention of Doolittle was his que
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Death of G. M. Doolittle Marietta, N. Y., June 10, 1918. Gilbert M. Doolittle died June 3 of heart failure. He was taken ill in church the day before. He was 72 years of age in April last. A widow survives him. No children. P. G. CLARK. G. M. Doolittle was one of the most experienced beekeepers in the United States. He was a subscriber of the American Bee Journal as early as 1870, and a contributor, more or less G. M. DOOLITTLE regularly, to this magazine and Glean- ings from that time to this. The greatest invention of Doolittle was his queen-rearing, ex- plained in his book "Scientific Queen- rearing," published originally in 1888, with numerous later editions. We have explained, in this magazine, in May, 1917, how the method was brought about. In October, 1878, a beekeeper, by the name of Boyd, sug- gested, in Gleanings, the possibility of using old queen-cells, taken from almost any hive of bees, and placing in each of these a larva. Then A. I. Root suggested the use of a rounded stick wetted and dipped in beeswax. to make these acorn cups artificially. Doolittle put these suggestions to- gether and also devised the rearing of queens in the upper story of a strong, queenright colony, by using a queen-excluder between the stories. This gave the basis for his system, now used all over the world. In France a description of the Doolittle method was published in 1902, by Giraud-Pabou, who was very success- ful with it. The Italians also brought it into prominence, and perhaps the most perfect establishment for the rearing of queens by the Doolittle method is that of Enrico Penna, of Bologna. During the past few years Mr. Doolittle spent his entire time in the care of an invalid wife, who survives him and will miss him still more than the bee fraternity. For sev- eral years past Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Clark have been in charge of the Doolittle queen-rearing yards and apiaries. G. M. Doolittle, di: •ing beeke
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