James Fischer wrote:
> The oldest guy in the US was a beekeeper, and still eats pollen every day.
> Mere coincidence?
>
>
>>From the Associated Press:
>
> February 26, 2003 -- BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. - A teaspoon of bee pollen with each meal - and
> an occasional nip of whiskey in the morning - is the secret to a life spanning three centuries,
> said America's oldest man.

He lived in Maine and when interviewed back when he was a young 107 he
said there was no secret. He lived here until a couple of years ago when
he finally had to go into a nursing home and wanted to be near family.

What he did do was exercise daily chopped his own wood for winter,
shoveled snow, and walked up and down stairs daily.

I found him to be a kind and gentle man.

I wrote several article about Fred for our state newsletter. He came to
every Annual meeting and Annual Picnic, which is when I saw and talked
with him. I took a picture of him with two other long time beekeepers.
All three were still active. Their combined beekeeping experience was
240+ years, with Fred having the lion share of that(and that was 7 years
ago. Had I taken the pic when Fred finally retired it would have been
260+ years since all three were still active.) Fred actively helped
other beekeepers up through his 100th birthday.

My favorite story about Fred was when he was about 103 a friend came by
his home. Fred was on the porch roof shoveling snow off the roof. He
told Fred to be careful.

When the friend came by some minutes later, Fred was shoveling the
sidewalk. The friend asked, "How did you get down off the roof, Fred?"

"Jumped."

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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