Gleanings in bee culture . ttime I had never metany person who hadmore than a hundred orso colonies of bees, soit was with a feeling ofawe that I took my seatat the convention amongmen who weie largehoney-producers, e s t i-mating their crops eachseason as so many tonsor carloads. Particular-ly do I remember Coggshall. He satnext to me during oneof the sessions, and lat-er we talked over someof tlie subjects that hadbeen under at that timewas in the lime - lightas the foremost prac-tical honey-producer ona large scale. WhenI met him I had a feel-ing that I had met one

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Gleanings in bee culture . ttime I had never metany person who hadmore than a hundred orso colonies of bees, soit was with a feeling ofawe that I took my seatat the convention amongmen who weie largehoney-producers, e s t i-mating their crops eachseason as so many tonsor carloads. Particular-ly do I remember Coggshall. He satnext to me during oneof the sessions, and lat-er we talked over someof tlie subjects that hadbeen under at that timewas in the lime - lightas the foremost prac-tical honey-producer ona large scale. WhenI met him I had a feel-ing that I had met oneof the super-men —? aman who was able to seefnrtlier and go furtherthan the ordinary mor-tal. Since that time Thave met most of theextensive honey-produc-ers of the United Slatesand Cuba, but never oufthat gave me the feel-ing that my first meet-ing with Coggshall caus-ed until I met Oswald St, John Gilbert, of Honolulu, HawaiianIslands, manager of the Sandwich IslandsHoney Company. Gilbert, even tho he is known in the. Oswald St. John Gilbert, of Honolulu, manager of theSandwich Islands Honey Co. 70f)

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