. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1920 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 123 Obituary—Dr. G- Bohrer IT is worth while for a bee maga- zine to make mention of such a man as was Dr. Godfrey Bohrer, of Chase, Kansas, the last of the members present at the first conven- tion of United States Beekeepers, at Indianapolis, December 21, 1870, al- most 50 years ago. Dr. Bohrer was born in Ohio, lived in Indiana a number of years, and finally went to Kansas, where he served twice as a member of the Leg- islature. He began beekeeping at the age of 30. He served as a surgeon in the Northern Army during the Ci
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1920 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 123 Obituary—Dr. G- Bohrer IT is worth while for a bee maga- zine to make mention of such a man as was Dr. Godfrey Bohrer, of Chase, Kansas, the last of the members present at the first conven- tion of United States Beekeepers, at Indianapolis, December 21, 1870, al- most 50 years ago. Dr. Bohrer was born in Ohio, lived in Indiana a number of years, and finally went to Kansas, where he served twice as a member of the Leg- islature. He began beekeeping at the age of 30. He served as a surgeon in the Northern Army during the Civil War. This was the cause of a very interesting incident, in 1906, at the meeting of the National Beekeepers' Association, at San Antonio, Texas. The writer was presiding. During one of the meetings a lady beekeeper, of the vicinity, brought to the presi- dent's desk a magnificent bouquet from her garden (it was November 8). This bouquet we decided to offer to the oldest member of the National present. Dr. Bohrer was not the old- est beekeeper there, but he was the oldest member of the National. This elicited from him, as he arose to thank the lady, a touching impromptu address, in which he recalled the Civil War, the harsh feelings that ex- isted at that time between North and South, and contrasted it with the pres- ent brotherly feeling of Union under the Stars and Stripes. The speech, full of feeling, brought tears to the eyes of several old Confederates present. Dr. Bohrer was a subscriber of the American Bee Journal for 54 }-ears, one of the pioneers of Kansas bee- keeping and for many years president of the Kansas State Association. Dr. Bohrer and our own Dr. Miller, •who is nearly two years his senior, often had a tilt about comb honey, at conventions. Dr. Miller has always been known as a leader in the pro- duction of comb honey. Dr. Bohrer. could not tolerate the consumption of comb honey, holding that the comb was indigestible and unfit for human food, while Dr.
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