[1] Bechly died on January 21, 1916, while visiting his children on the family farm in Searsboro, Iowa.

[1] The tribute describes the family's arrival in New York City, learning to cope with the challenges of immigration, and settlement with a German-speaking community in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

[1] At age 21 Fred Bechly set out on his own to Chicago, but was unable to find employment there so he traveled further south to Jacksonville, Illinois, where he found work as a farm hand.

It was there in 1864 that he married Hephzibah Dumville and they moved to Searsboro, Iowa where he purchased a farm of 80 acres.

[1] Fred Bechly owned a farm in Searsboro, Iowa, was a noted Apiologist,[3][4] and a correspondent for the American Bee Journal.

Selections from the E. F. Phillips Beekeeping Collection at Mann Library, Cornell University:[7] "How I Introduce a New Queen", American Bee Journal, Vol.

22, November 24, 1892 "Queen-Mating Attempted in a Small Cage", Gleanings in Bee Culture, Vol.

31, page 677, August 1, 1903 "Extra Good Report for Iowa", American Bee Journal, Vol.