. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 8, 1910. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 353 Editorial, Notices, &c. PROMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. ME. CAMILLE P. DADANT. For nearly half a century the name of Dadant has been associated with apicul- ture, and the founder of the firm, the late Charles Dadant, who left France, his native country, in 1863 to start grape- to chronicle that now L'Apiculteur, under the editorship of M. Sevalle, is as strong a supporter of movable-frame hives as formerly it was their opponent. Mr. Camille P. Dadant, the subject of the present sketch, is a son of the
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 8, 1910. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 353 Editorial, Notices, &c. PROMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. ME. CAMILLE P. DADANT. For nearly half a century the name of Dadant has been associated with apicul- ture, and the founder of the firm, the late Charles Dadant, who left France, his native country, in 1863 to start grape- to chronicle that now L'Apiculteur, under the editorship of M. Sevalle, is as strong a supporter of movable-frame hives as formerly it was their opponent. Mr. Camille P. Dadant, the subject of the present sketch, is a son of the late Charles Dadant, and was born at Langres, in France, on April 6, 1851. He got the basis of his education in the college of that city, and in 1863 the family removed to the United States and settled at Hamil-. ME. CAMILLE P. DADANT, OF HAMILTON, growing in the "United States of America, commenced bee-keeping in the following year. Seeing its advantages, he soon adopted the " Langstroth " hive, and en- deavoured to get his countrymen to try it, an attempt which provoked violent opposition from M. Hamet, the former editor of L'Apiculteur, who was a strenu- ous advocate of the straw skep and as strenuous an opponent of movable- comb hives. It is satisfactory to be able ton, where his education was completed, and where the family have lived ever since. He assisted his father in the apiary and was brought up to the busi- ness, which had already acquired consider- able dimensions, the first out-apiary having been started in 1871 and a large trade in importing queens from Italy having been established. In 1874 C. P. Dadant was taken into partnership, and a year later the number of out-apiaries was. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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