. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1907] THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. A CHURCH APIARY. 171 REV. E. R. WAGNER, THIRTY YEARS AGO I was a great lover of bees, but having an innate desire to become a student in a western college, it was necessary for me to part with my hall-dozen colonies, which I loved like my left hand. My love for bees followed me all through these years, but was never able to gratify it, until two years ago. I was then under most adverse circumstances. Was called as missionary pastor to Cin- cinnati, Ohio., where we succeeded in building a church and parsonage. t
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1907] THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. A CHURCH APIARY. 171 REV. E. R. WAGNER, THIRTY YEARS AGO I was a great lover of bees, but having an innate desire to become a student in a western college, it was necessary for me to part with my hall-dozen colonies, which I loved like my left hand. My love for bees followed me all through these years, but was never able to gratify it, until two years ago. I was then under most adverse circumstances. Was called as missionary pastor to Cin- cinnati, Ohio., where we succeeded in building a church and parsonage. the next year I had more honey than I could use. Now when one of my deacons gets a little sour, I present him a jar of honey, and I have no more "sour jars"' from that integral part of my congregation. In the last two years we have re- painted our property, recarpeted our church, and reduced our debt $900. It works like a charm, and Mr. Bee- reader, if you ever get to Cincinnati, you are cordially invited to hunt up the little church that has bees in the tower and honey in the "THE BEES TOOK THE LION'S RIBS FOR LANGSTROTH ; After toiling with my people four- teen years, it seemed a long time to live with my friends and enemies. So I conceived the idea of putting a col- ony of bees in the church tower— to keep the pulpit ssweet. The floor of the tower is four feet below the base of the arches. My bees come sailing in over the wind, drop down into the calm and quickly enter the hive. They get the early sun, the noon day shade, and always in the dry. The bees did exceedingly well in a poor year, and for the first time in my life, had a bountiful supply of honey for my table. My interest and colonies grew and The bees increased so that I could not keep them all in the church tower; so I removed some of them to a vacant lot adjoining the church. The first picture represents the pastor telling the story of Samson to his two boys: '"One day th
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