. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Stbanqeways Pbinting Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 354. Vol. XVII.] APRIL 4, 1889. [Published Weekly.] tffoxtaxfal, faints, &t. EMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. No. 1.—C. N. ABBOTT. Many of our correspondents have, from time to time, expressed a desire that they should have the opportunity portraits of our leading of seeing iu the Journal bee - keepers. We have much pleasure in complying with this wish. We have refrained from doing so before as frequently the representations of lead
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Stbanqeways Pbinting Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 354. Vol. XVII.] APRIL 4, 1889. [Published Weekly.] tffoxtaxfal, faints, &t. EMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. No. 1.—C. N. ABBOTT. Many of our correspondents have, from time to time, expressed a desire that they should have the opportunity portraits of our leading of seeing iu the Journal bee - keepers. We have much pleasure in complying with this wish. We have refrained from doing so before as frequently the representations of leading men in our newspapers have been very wide of the mark. But through the aid of photography we are now enabled to repro- duce the likeness with a most faithful exactness. We therefore propose to give a series of portraits of the more eminent bee- keepers in this country, in America, and on the Con- tinent of Europe. We have reason to be- lieve that the bee-keepers of the United Kingdom will heartily approve of our giving the premier place in this series to the veteran bee-master Charles Nash Abbott, of Soutball, not only from his being the first proprietor and editor of the British Bee Journal, but also for the good work he has performed in pro- moting the industry of bee- keeping, and in the origina- tion, with others, of the British Bee-keepers' Asso- ciation, which has in its turn been the means of calling into existence the numerous county and district Associations, which now, like a network, cover the kingdom. The portrait here given is from a photograph taken by Mr. Francis Freeman, of Twickenham, which has been reproduced by the Meisenbach process. We subjoin a short biographical sketch. Charles Nash Abbott was born at Hanwell, Middlesex, on the othof October, 1880, and is now in the fifty-ninth year of his age. His father was a builder in a large way of business—a man of high repute and sterling worth. Early in life, while still a lad, an errant swarm of bees foun
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