British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . ndott^s; Whit© Silver, 59. ; Partridge,10s 6d. (H. Wrights prize strain). Also SimminBComueror Hive, with 3 secUon racks, and 300 sec-tions far same ; offers?-KEIGHLEY, Ham-merton, York. T70R Sale, 12 STONE EXTRACTED HONEY^ sainfoin and clover, 548. per ,GTirishall, Grange, Eoyston. Dec. 20, 1906.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 501 Editorial ^(rtitts, &t DEATH OF DR. DZIERZON. Early in the year we announced thatthis veteran bee-keeper had celebrated hisninety-fifth birthday on January 16, andthat he was in very fee
British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . ndott^s; Whit© Silver, 59. ; Partridge,10s 6d. (H. Wrights prize strain). Also SimminBComueror Hive, with 3 secUon racks, and 300 sec-tions far same ; offers?-KEIGHLEY, Ham-merton, York. T70R Sale, 12 STONE EXTRACTED HONEY^ sainfoin and clover, 548. per ,GTirishall, Grange, Eoyston. Dec. 20, 1906.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 501 Editorial ^(rtitts, &t DEATH OF DR. DZIERZON. Early in the year we announced thatthis veteran bee-keeper had celebrated hisninety-fifth birthday on January 16, andthat he was in very feeble health, and it wards transferred to the University ofBreslau, where he attained such excellencein his studies that, after liaving finishedhis course, he had been first in every classof his college, and left the University inthe autumn of 1830 with a certificate ashaving passed No. 1. From early childhood young Dzierzonhad a great partiality for bees. Hisfather keut a few colonies in log hives,mostly placed in an upright position ;. THK RKV. DR. IJZIKPZON. is witli sincere regret that we have now toannounce his death. The Rev. Dr. John Dzierzon was theoldest bee-keej)er in Germany, and tohim is due in a great measure the progressmade in bee-keeping in Europe during tlielast century, and Ik- stands out promin-ently as an eminent man. The life of Dr. Dzierzon was a simphrand uneventful one, and was similar tothat of hundreds of clergymen in Ger-many. He was born on January 16, Lowkowitz, near Kreuzbure, Uj^perSilesia. He attended the scliool of Low-kowitz till his tenth year, and was after- these were at tliat time the kind in generaluse in .Silesia. He always found thegreatest ?)leasure in the contemplation oftlie iufUfatigable industry of bees, andwhile studying at the University lie was inthe habit of taking his walks near to ana})iary, or where a cohiny of bees occupieda liollow tree, so that he might enjoy thesight ()f the industrious insects and listento their j
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