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Rare a.i. root foundation section folder for beekeepers
Rare A.I. Root Foundation-Fastener , Section Folder for Beekeepers
Here offered for all you Beekeepers out there that like to collect vintage and antique beekeeping equipment is an original late 1800's or early 1900's Foundation Fastener Section Folder made by the A.I. Root Co. Came along with an original Daisy Foundation Fastener also from the A.I. Root Company.
The tool was designed in aiding the beekeeper to speed up the process of working the foundation.
Wikipedia has this to say about Root :Amos Ives Root (1839 1923) developed innovative beekeeping techniques in the United States during the mid-1800s, a period when the industry played an important role in the economy of many communities. He founded his own company, which continues in business to the present day. His wide-ranging interests and curiousity led him to become the only eyewitness to publish articles about successful airplane flights made by the Wright brothers in Ohio in 1904-1905. He began his career as a jewelry manufacturer and took up beekeeping in his twenties as a hobby. Among his major contributions was a method to harvest honey without destroying the beehive. He became a nationally- and internationally-known expert and a wealthy businessman. He lived and worked in Medina, Ohio. Always enthusiastic about technology, he took great interest in the newly-invented automobile, purchasing an Oldsmobile runabout in 1903. He held strong Christian beliefs, and wrote about his ideas and observations of contemporary society in his trade journal Gleanings in Bee Culture.
What a great addition to your collection of antique beekeeping equipment.
