. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Communication to the Editor to be addretted ' Stbanoewayb Pbintiko Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 389. Vol. XVII.] DECEMBER 5, 1889. [Published Weekly.] EMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. No. 17.—AMOS IVES EOOT. Prominent among the numerous'eminent bee-keepers' the United States has produced is Mr. Amos I. Hoot. He is well known to bee-keepers of both hemispheres for his ability as a writer on apicultural subjects, as a man of keen commercial instincts, and as a sincere Christian. We have much pleasure in in- troducing him to our read
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Communication to the Editor to be addretted ' Stbanoewayb Pbintiko Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 389. Vol. XVII.] DECEMBER 5, 1889. [Published Weekly.] EMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. No. 17.—AMOS IVES EOOT. Prominent among the numerous'eminent bee-keepers' the United States has produced is Mr. Amos I. Hoot. He is well known to bee-keepers of both hemispheres for his ability as a writer on apicultural subjects, as a man of keen commercial instincts, and as a sincere Christian. We have much pleasure in in- troducing him to our readers. The follow- ing biography is writ- ten by Mr. Ernest R. Root, the eldest son of Mr. Root. A. I. Root was born on December 9, 1839, in a log-house about two miles north of his present business plant. He was a very frail child, and his father had little hopes of raising him, al- though the neigh- bours assured him that his wife would not let him die. As he grew older his taste for mechanics and gardening became ap- parent. Among his early hobbies were poultry, windmills, clocks, electricity, chemistry, &c. He amos ives hoot. did not take kindly to feeding pigs, or, for that matter, general farmwork, although he took particular delight in gardening. One of the jobs which he disliked was churning. Accord- ingly, to appease his mechanical turn of mind, and at the same time to relieve himself of an irksome task, he constructed a windmill. This was attached to the churn, and the latter, in obedience to the wind, soon converted the cream into butter. At the early age of eighteen he became so enthusiastic on the subject of chemistry and electricity that he started out on a lecturing tour with a fully equipped apparatus of his own construction. Such an undertaking on the part of a mere boy was rather unusual, but he was not one of the kind who followed in the wake of most other boys—indeed, he was even called. peculiar. Tn spite of difficulties and in spite of dis- cour
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