. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THK BEE-KEEPERS' RECORD AND ADVISER. No. 397. Vol. XVIII. N. S. 5.] JANUARY 30, 1890. [Published Weekly. ^iritorial, |l0tias, ^t. EMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. No. 21.—FRANCOIS HUBER. We were recently reminded that we had not gi\en a sketch of one of the greatest of bee-keepers. Our sketches of emi- nent bee-keepers would indeed be incomplete were Ave to leave out the biography of F. Huber, to whom bee - keepers owe such a debt of gra- titude, and who stands in such a prominent position in connexion with apiarian science. His success in dis- covery
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THK BEE-KEEPERS' RECORD AND ADVISER. No. 397. Vol. XVIII. N. S. 5.] JANUARY 30, 1890. [Published Weekly. ^iritorial, |l0tias, ^t. EMINENT BEE-KEEPERS. No. 21.—FRANCOIS HUBER. We were recently reminded that we had not gi\en a sketch of one of the greatest of bee-keepers. Our sketches of emi- nent bee-keepers would indeed be incomplete were Ave to leave out the biography of F. Huber, to whom bee - keepers owe such a debt of gra- titude, and who stands in such a prominent position in connexion with apiarian science. His success in dis- covery, notwith- standing his blind- ness, was pro- portioned to his intelligence and acuteness. Many before and since his time have written, and writ- ten well, on , and have added more or less to our knowledge of what has been a fasci- nating subject of investigation for generations ; but none have dis- pran^^ois huber. played so much knowledge, or patient perseverance and accuracy of experiment, as Huber, even allowing for a few errors of minor importance found by later in- vestigators. Francois Huber was born at Geneva, in Switzerland, on the 2nd July, IT-jO, and in- herited a taste for natural science from his father, and even in his younger daJ^s he pursued his studies with such intense ardour as to ma- terially injure his health, and which sowed the. seeds of Aveakness, impairing his sight, and which eventually ended in total blindness. The admiration he had for the writings of Reaumur, and his acquaintance with the cele- brated naturalist, C. Bonnet, led him to the study of the habits and economy of the honey- bee. Bonnet soon discerned the intelligence and penetration of his young friend, and kindly encouraged him in his peculiar researches. Huber's bhndness must have pre- sented a very seri- ous obstacle to the successful study of his favourite pur- suit. It must also have had the effect of throwing con- siderable doubt on the accuracy of his experiments and the rea
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