. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 525 Mr. H. still has an apiary, and has always been deeply interested in bees. While at college, during his junior year, he chanced to see an absconding swarm cross the campus. He chased them for a mile, across fields of grain and over fences, and finally located them in the hollow trunk of a maple tree. Obtain- ing permission from the owner, he cut the tree, secured the colony, and from that time until he graduated he had a colony of bees in his room window, dur- ing the summer months. Mr. Hershiser's first experience with bees
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 525 Mr. H. still has an apiary, and has always been deeply interested in bees. While at college, during his junior year, he chanced to see an absconding swarm cross the campus. He chased them for a mile, across fields of grain and over fences, and finally located them in the hollow trunk of a maple tree. Obtain- ing permission from the owner, he cut the tree, secured the colony, and from that time until he graduated he had a colony of bees in his room window, dur- ing the summer months. Mr. Hershiser's first experience with bees was with a colony his father took. O. L. HERSHISER. on shares when he was about 14 years old. This colony was in a box-hive, and his frequent examinations of the bees was done by tipping the hive back, and looking up from beneath. other duties were very onerous, and I perforce could give but a small portion of my time to the bees, so I left much of the work and no slight responsibility on him. I always felt sure that he would do his very best. Mr. Hershiser is better than an earn- est worker. I believe him a sincere lover of right and truth. I have never heard of his engaging in any enterprise that was not worthy, and have always found him wide-awake and enthusiastic in promoting any good cause. I was glad to vote for him as Vice-President of the North American Bee-Keepers' Association at the Chicago meeting, last fall. A. J. Cook. Prof. Cook kindly furnishes us the fol- lowing about Mr. Hershiser : Mr. O. L. Hershiser was a student at the Michigan Agricultural College where T was professor of zoology, for four years. He was also my assistant in the apiary in his senior year. Mr. Hershiser was enthusiastic in his work, and very faithful in all his duties. During Mr. Hershiser's sojourn at the college, my. 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 m
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