. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. LANGRES-ONE OF THE OLD FORTIFIED CITIES OF FRANCE tied in Hamilton, hoping to be able to principal crop of the land of his birth f-ollow his old love for country life and especially of his native village in and intending to grow grapes, the Champagne. But grapes proved unprofitable. In 1864 he obtained from a friend tvi'O hives of common bees in ordinary boxes. These he transferred first in the clumsy movable-frame hives he had known in Europe. A little later, liaving read in the American .•\gricul- turist of the success of Quinby, he procured his boo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. LANGRES-ONE OF THE OLD FORTIFIED CITIES OF FRANCE tied in Hamilton, hoping to be able to principal crop of the land of his birth f-ollow his old love for country life and especially of his native village in and intending to grow grapes, the Champagne. But grapes proved unprofitable. In 1864 he obtained from a friend tvi'O hives of common bees in ordinary boxes. These he transferred first in the clumsy movable-frame hives he had known in Europe. A little later, liaving read in the American .•\gricul- turist of the success of Quinby, he procured his book, then that of Lang- stroth. and finally transferred all his bees into Quinby hives, which he later enlarged and improved into what is now the Dadant hive. His first j-ears in America were very strenuous. He had no knowl- edge of English and was 47 years old, at his arrival here. With uncommon tenacity he decided to learn English by his own effort as he had learned to. 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 [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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