. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. j-.'jgi''g'"; ','?'•' "SiVj^tfill^s; C. H. W. WEBER C. H. W. Weber was born in Lem- foerde, Germany, April 25, 1844, where he lived until about 21 years of age. About the year 1856 he came to America, and straight to Cincinnati. He was em- ployed by Chas. F. Muth & Son, where he acquitted himself very well, as was shown later. But he was anxious to go into the merchant trade for himself. In 1868, Mr. Weber entered the gro- cery and seed business. After a suc- cessful pursuance of this business, the Chas. F. Muth & Sons Co
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. j-.'jgi''g'"; ','?'•' "SiVj^tfill^s; C. H. W. WEBER C. H. W. Weber was born in Lem- foerde, Germany, April 25, 1844, where he lived until about 21 years of age. About the year 1856 he came to America, and straight to Cincinnati. He was em- ployed by Chas. F. Muth & Son, where he acquitted himself very well, as was shown later. But he was anxious to go into the merchant trade for himself. In 1868, Mr. Weber entered the gro- cery and seed business. After a suc- cessful pursuance of this business, the Chas. F. Muth & Sons Co., sold out to him. Thereupon Mr. Weber became greatly interested in bees and honey. He after earnest thought, he successfully set up an apparatus that is capable of doing any amount of work. It is a perfect piece of mechanism, filling 6 bottles at a run. All this was done during the last year of his life. Mr. Weber also took care of quite an extensive seed business, and by the fine attention he gave his trade he gained many friends among the farmers near Cincinnati, as well as in Kentucky and Indiana, who greatly rhourn the loss of so esteemed a friend. After his return from the National Bee-Keepers' convention in October, held at Detroit, Mr. Weber underwent a deli- cate operation. He seemed to rally un-. The Late C. H. W. Weber. personally took care of 3 apiaries which he conducted on the outskirts of Cin- cinnati. • During his spare time he was ' incessantly planning improvements. His "Entrance Controller," which was paten- ted September 24, 1907, was only one of the many results. Under his careful supervision, and with the aid of his son Charles, he built up quite an extensive business in the bee-keepers' supplies and honey line. After a time the equipments which he had been using for filling honey bottles were no longer capable of turning out enough goods for the demand that had been created for them. Immediately Mr. Weber began plans for improvements. After
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