. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 366 THE BEE-KEEPERS REVIEW. Lyons, on Maple street. 'Sly father had the distinttion of setting the first maple trees on this, one of the very fin- est rural streets in the state. At twelve years of ag"e my parents moved on a farm near Hubbardston, in Clinton Co., Michi- gan. It was on this farm that my bee- keeping experience "We are Going to Be Pa-pa's stenographers when We are Old ; began.'ln June. 1876 [Pno/o by Tojvtisend.] o .'â 'â¢> a swarm of bees was seen to go over; I followed and found them entering a large elm tree. Th
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 366 THE BEE-KEEPERS REVIEW. Lyons, on Maple street. 'Sly father had the distinttion of setting the first maple trees on this, one of the very fin- est rural streets in the state. At twelve years of ag"e my parents moved on a farm near Hubbardston, in Clinton Co., Michi- gan. It was on this farm that my bee- keeping experience "We are Going to Be Pa-pa's stenographers when We are Old ; began.'ln June. 1876 [Pno/o by Tojvtisend.] o .'â 'â¢> a swarm of bees was seen to go over; I followed and found them entering a large elm tree. The next day a neighbor helped me to get the swarm from the tree, by felling it and hiveing them as a new swarm, for they had not built any comb to speak of. I am not sure but that state- ment needs revising. It would be nearer the truth had I said that I helped the neighbor, for he had had some experience, I none at that time. I was now 17 years old, with a considerable energy, and without a cent. My first swarm was moved home that night, after the bees had done flying for the day. I have had .bees ever since that eventful day. Either the season of 1876 was an exceptionally good one with us. or my first swarm a very large and thrifty one, for they soon filled their hive and I divided them in the middle, giving each a half of the bees, brood and honey. Each half filled their hive before winter and must have been in fairly good shape, as they both win- tered. During the first ten years of my bee-keeping, less than 50 swarms were kept. At the end of this period I was married to Sarah L. Foreman, a neighbor girl. Four of our five children are now living, two boys and two girls. The boys are both bee-keepers, and the girls say they are going to be pa's stenographers when they get old enough. They are, one ten the other eleven years old. Now came a period of about fifteen years when bees v/ere still kept as a side issue, but nearly a hundred swarms were kept in one home yard. Durin
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