America's oldest beekeeper

[JohnBeeMan]

I read a article in the AM paper on people working past age of 65. The article mentions, "Waldo McBurney, a 104 year-old beekeeper from Kansas, who was recently declared America's oldest worker".

Hope I am still doing it at 104. :o

[BjornBee]

And by "doing it" you mean what....?

Count me in!

[BULLSEYE BILL]

Waldo is quite a guy. If you can get a copy of his book you will see he has had an interesting life. It's a short read and well worth it.

[Swobee]

He's starting to slow down his bee business... he's down to around 'only' 150 hives this year. He is interesting to say the least.

[Barry Tolson]

John,
I highly recommend Mr McBurney's book...a very good read!

[Hobie]

I have a new addition to my Christmas wish list :)

[Yukon Jack]

Bob Harrison did an article on Waldo McBurney in the fall of 2003 for Bee Culture magazine if you save old Bee Cultures.
The title was :
"Centurian Beekeeper"

[JohnBeeMan]

Waldo is quite a guy. If you can get a copy of his book you will see he has had an interesting life. It's a short read and well worth it.

Found his book on Amazon.com and ordered a copy. I figured I could sneak and read it and then regift it to my 93 year old mother - she should get a kick out of it. :)

Thanks for the suggestion.

By the way, " hope I am still doing 'it'" includes beekeeping, skiing, fishing and other 'fun' things that keep the heart pumping. :o

[pkwilbur]

Good bye to a wonderful Beekeeper and Icon for us. I did not know him. But my heart goes out to those who did.

http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=Waldo+mcburney&ei=UTF-8