. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. I>R. ELISHA GALLUP. A quarter of a century ago the name of E. Gallup was well and favorably known to bee-keeping in two hemis- •pheres. Learning that he is now resid- ing in Santa Ana, Calif., we wi'ote him in regard to publishing his biography. DR. E. GALLUP. and picture, and as a result of that cor- respondence we have the great pleasure to present to our readers this week one of the once " old wheel-horses" of bee- culture, but just as he looks now. It will be remembered that Bro. G. M Doolittle dedicated his book on "Scien- tific
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. I>R. ELISHA GALLUP. A quarter of a century ago the name of E. Gallup was well and favorably known to bee-keeping in two hemis- •pheres. Learning that he is now resid- ing in Santa Ana, Calif., we wi'ote him in regard to publishing his biography. DR. E. GALLUP. and picture, and as a result of that cor- respondence we have the great pleasure to present to our readers this week one of the once " old wheel-horses" of bee- culture, but just as he looks now. It will be remembered that Bro. G. M Doolittle dedicated his book on "Scien- tific Queen-Rearing " to Dr. Gallup, who was Bro. D.'s friend and teacher in bee- keeping 25 years ago. He also uses what is known as the "Gallup frame," as Dr. Gallup was the inventor of a hive and frame which bore his name. In the July number of the Illustrated Bee Journal, published by Mr. N. C. Mitchell, in 1870, at Indianapolis, Ind., we find the following in connection with a picture of Dr. Gallup, showing him as he looked 23 years ago : Elisha Gallup was born on Aug. 22, 1820, in the town of Melbourne, county of Sherbrook, Canada East. His parents were born in Connecticut,on Long Island Sound. By occupation he is a farmer, with the exception of eleven years a miller. He removed to Wisconsin in 1859, and settled in the town of Meto- men. Fond du Lac county. In June, 1865, he removed to Mitchell county, Iowa. And now, in the fear that we may not do justice, we will here intro- duce friend Gallup, and let him speak for himself : "From my earliest youth I have been an enthusiastic admirer of the busy bee ; in fact, my earliest recollections are of the bees and bee-hives. Often have I heard my mother say, if she lost me when a little fellow, she was sure to find me by the bee-hives. My intense desire to learn and investigate the bees in every particular has been such that I have dreamed of them at night, and thought of them in my waking hours to an almost abs
Size: 1497px × 1670px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, booksubjectbees, bookyear1861
