. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 17,1908.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 505"1. DEATH OP MR. E. W. ALEXANDER. Our readers, many of whom have pro- fited by his useful labours on "Behalf of the craft, will learn with regret of the death of Mr. E. W. Alexander, the well- known American apiarist, at his resi- dence, Delanson, New York State, on September 19, aged sixty-three years, fully away, surrounded by his wife and) family, on the date mentioned. Bee-keepers who are interested in the. higher branches of the craft are indebted to Mr. Alexander for some novel and
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 17,1908.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 505"1. DEATH OP MR. E. W. ALEXANDER. Our readers, many of whom have pro- fited by his useful labours on "Behalf of the craft, will learn with regret of the death of Mr. E. W. Alexander, the well- known American apiarist, at his resi- dence, Delanson, New York State, on September 19, aged sixty-three years, fully away, surrounded by his wife and) family, on the date mentioned. Bee-keepers who are interested in the. higher branches of the craft are indebted to Mr. Alexander for some novel and valuable ideas connected with bee-keep- ing, notably the " Alexander " method of keeping a great number of queens in one hive for a long period, ready for sending to customers as ordered. He was also known as having perhaps the largest. THE LATE E. W. ALEXANDER. under very pathetic circumstances. Mr. Alexander had not long taken possession of a new home he had purchased when he was made aware by his medical at- tendant that an illness from which he was suffering had taken a fatal turn, and that his life could not be prolonged be- yond a few months. He bore the news cheerfully, and made the most of his time while able to be about, taking an interest in his bees till the last, and passed peace- number of colonies of bees in a single apiary of any man in America, and yet managed to secure an extraordinary average weight of honey from each colony. Men like Mr. Alexander are the giants of bee-craft, and it is pleasing to know that he has left a record of good work behind him which will cause his name to be gratefully remembered by all bee- men the world Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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