. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. No. J. If. Heater. Again we are afforded the pleasure of presenting to our readers one of apicul- ture's successful and prominent lady dev- otees, in the person of Mrs; J. MRS. J. N. HEATER. Heater, of Nebraska. For some time she has replied to queries for the Bee Journal, hence the name is well-known to our readers. We had the good fortune to meet her, as well as her husband, at the Chicago convention last October, ajid we found them to be very kind and genial—just like the rest of the bee-keepers in the State where they reside. The Nebr
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. No. J. If. Heater. Again we are afforded the pleasure of presenting to our readers one of apicul- ture's successful and prominent lady dev- otees, in the person of Mrs; J. MRS. J. N. HEATER. Heater, of Nebraska. For some time she has replied to queries for the Bee Journal, hence the name is well-known to our readers. We had the good fortune to meet her, as well as her husband, at the Chicago convention last October, ajid we found them to be very kind and genial—just like the rest of the bee-keepers in the State where they reside. The Nebraska Bee-Keeper, some time ago, contained a picture and short bio- graphical sketch of Mrs. Heater, a por- tion of which we have used in preparing this. Mrs. Heater was born in Defiance county, Ohio, on March 5, 1855. Her father kept bees in the old way, in box- hives on a long bench, and when still a little child it was a very common occur- rence to find her kneeling on the grass at one end of the bench, with her head resting on the same—sound asleep. To watch the bees at their work ever had a fascination for her, and in after years she eagerly sought whatever information she could gain concerning them. In fact, Mr. Heater says that his wife has never yet found anything in print rela- tive to snakes, ants, spiders or bees, but what she has given it a careful reading. We learn that one of the pleasantest memories she had to take home with her from her seven weeks' sojourn at the World's Fair, was the pleasure of meeting so many genial fellow bee-keep- ers. Mr. and Mrs. Heater have in view still another treat for this winter—that of visiting the Mid-Winter Fair, in San Francisco, and taking a tour through the States of Washington, Oregon and California. Mrs. Heater's maiden name was Anna E. Case. She moved with her parents from their Ohio home to Niles, Mich. After several years spent on a farm near the latter place, the family moved to South Bend, Ind. Her life up to this
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