. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 523. JOSEPH E. PO]«D, ESQ. Again we present to our reader one of our honorable corps of representative bee-keepers, who have for years aided »iBianii»i»jniriiii«»aBgiwi>ii>riM<ai|| m? 0'^^: j'':<^i^. m Ami^ ?^. JOSEPH E. POND. in making the department of " Queries and Replies " so interesting and profit- able to our readers. Mr. Pond has from the very first—in 1885—contributed regularly his opinions upon the various questions propounded. He has also, at different times, and doubtless as "the spiri
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 523. JOSEPH E. PO]«D, ESQ. Again we present to our reader one of our honorable corps of representative bee-keepers, who have for years aided »iBianii»i»jniriiii«»aBgiwi>ii>riM<ai|| m? 0'^^: j'':<^i^. m Ami^ ?^. JOSEPH E. POND. in making the department of " Queries and Replies " so interesting and profit- able to our readers. Mr. Pond has from the very first—in 1885—contributed regularly his opinions upon the various questions propounded. He has also, at different times, and doubtless as "the spirit moved him," written valuable articles for the Bee Journal, upon the numerous and important subjects that have, from time to time, been discussed in these columns. Mr. Pond was born in South Walpole, Mass., on May 21, 1834. He was edu- cated in the schools of his native State, and at the "Indiana Asbury University," in Greencastle, Ind. He studied medicine at the Howard Medical School ; was in the United States service during the " late unpleas- antness," in the medical department, but resigned in 1863, and began the study of law, which profession he has been actively engaged in since 1869. Mr. Pond began the keeping of bees in 1866, being induced thereto by ac- cidentally running across a copy of Langstroth's matchless work, "The Hive and ; He has kept bees only as a recreation, but has studied to a considerable extent, in order that he might know what he was doing, and to learn the reasons therefor. Keeping bees, with him, has been a labor of love. He has carefully studied their habits, and tested, experimentally, nearly all points that in theory seemed practicable and valuable. Mr. Pond was the first to call atten- tion to the matter of close spacing of frames, and he still believes the method of so working will produce the best re- sults. He has never kept bees for profit, and only from 5 to 20 colonies at a time ; hen
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