August, 1911. 



233 



American Hee Journal 



of one's birth. No great reasonable- 

 ness about that, but that's the diction- 

 ary of it, and there you are. Accord- 

 ing to the first definition, one does not 

 have a birthday until a year old, and 

 annually thereafter has another. Ac- 

 cording to the second definition, one 

 never has but one birthday, and that a 

 year before the birthday of 2d definition. 



Elsewhere Mr. Phin favors " bisul- 

 phid of carbon " rather than " carbon 

 disulphid," as being the familiar label 

 on the bottles. It so happens that the 

 only labels the writer has seen were 

 "carbon disulfide!" Yet it is likely 

 that most readers are more familiar 

 with "bisulphid of carbon." 



Is Mr. Phin correct in saying that 

 the eggs of the bee-moth are not killed 

 by bisulphid of carbon ? 



International Congress of Apiculture. 



— The fifth International Congress of 

 Apiculture will be held Sept. 10, 11, and 

 12, 1911, at Turin. Italy, during the In- 

 ternational Industrial Exposition that 

 is being held there this summer. 

 The program gives a short list of sub- 

 jects to be treated. It is printed in the 

 French language. The president of 

 the Congress for this year is Edward 

 Perroncito, president of the Academy 

 of Medicine, of Turin. Persons desir- 

 ing information concerning this Con- 

 gress should address Marcel Ottaviano, 

 Place Chateau, 25, Turin, Italy. 



Tributes to the Late W. Z. Hatchinson 



It is »vith sincere regret that we base re- 

 ceived the news of the death of Mr. Hutcli- 

 inson. of Flint. Mich., the able aditor of the 

 iJee-Keepers' Review, which took place on 

 May 30th. last, after a long illness 



Asa writer on bees. Mr. Hutchinson had 

 few equals. He was clear and concise, and 

 his love of the pursuit was shown on every 

 page. We had known him since 1887. and 

 our intercourse had ahvays been of the 

 friendliest. His loss will be severely felt by 

 bee-keepers, and we extend the syinpathy of 

 ourselves and British bee-keepers to his 

 sorrowing widow and family. — /Sri/is/t Bee 

 foitrnal. 



It is with deep regret that we have learned 

 of the death of Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, who 

 passed away on Tuesday. May w. As many 

 of our readers are aware, Mr. Hutchinson 

 had been ailing for some time, but it was 

 hoped that with the coming of the warm 

 weather he would (luickly mend. But it was 

 decreed otherwise, and the beekeeping 

 world has lost one of its most distinguished 

 individuals. — Ca«tff//</w Bee Journal. 



Thus passed away from this earth one of 

 its ^i-s/of men. Always hopeful, his life was 

 an inspiration to others. Right up to the 

 last he was laying plans for the future, and 

 expected to get well. No matter what hap- 

 pened he was always looking on the best 

 side, and may we. his students, not only 

 learn the lessons of bee-keeping as taught 

 through his writings, but may we learn the 

 greater lessons of faith, courage and opti- 

 mism as taught by his life.— E. B, Tyrrell. 

 the new editor of the liec Keepers Review. 



The following are from Gleanings in 



Bee Culture: 



The death of Mr. Hutchinson will be a dis- 

 tinct loss to the bee-keeping world, and 

 those of us who were fortunate enough to 

 know him best loved him as a brother. 

 While I was not unprepared (or the news. 

 yet it came as a severe shock. I can not 

 bring myself to believe yet that this quiet. 

 modest man. who rarely spoke at conven- 

 tions, but whose words will long live after 



him through the printed page, has gone. I 

 could never think of him as a competitor, 

 and when his paper grew I was sincerely 



glad 



I do not hesitate to say that Mr. Hutchin- 

 son was one of the ablest writers on bees 

 that this country ever had. Indeed. I doubt 

 if there is a man in all our ranks who was a 

 better bee-keeper or a more forcible writer. 

 —Editor E. R. Root. 



On Decoration Day. May ,10. igii. while the 

 thinned ranks of the old soldiers were on 

 their way to lay their floral tributes on the 

 graves of their departed comrades whom 

 the grim reaper. Death, had gathered to him- 

 self, that same grim reaper made a gap in 

 the ranks of bee-keepers that can never be 

 filled, when he gathered to himself the crea- 

 tor of the Bee Keepers' Review. Although 

 Editor Hutchinson had rounded out his 

 threescore years, he seemed only to have 

 just reached his prime-just ready best to 

 carry on the work to which he had devoted 

 his life. What his loss means to the inner 

 circle of that home that was so dear to him 

 can be left only to conjecture 



The immediate cause of Mr. Hutchinson's 

 death was anemia. The operation that had 

 been performed to relieve an acute condi- 

 tion was entirely successful. For a time he 

 rallied, walked about some, and even went 

 up town. On that day it happened to be 

 cold and windy. He contracted bronchitis, 

 from which he never recovered. In his 

 weakened condition he gradually went 

 downward: and although everything was 

 done that surgical and medical aid could 

 render, he began togrow weaker and weaker. 

 But never once was he discouraged. He re- 

 marked to his dear wife, shortly before he 

 became unconscious."! don't know about 

 the Review for June; but I guess I will let it 

 go this month, and may be the next." He 

 thought that, by so doing, he would be able 

 to recuperate enough to take up the work 

 again; but he kept getting worse until he 

 became unconscious; and. shortly after, he 

 passed away. 



Not a member of any church organization, 

 he did not hesitate to express to intimate 

 friends a belief in Jesus Christ, and a grand 

 future for all those who have tried to do 

 right. Hardly anything less than Christian 

 fortitude would have enabled him to bear 

 with calmness afHictions that would have 

 crushed almost any one else in his place. — 

 Dr. C. C. Miller. 



The demise of W. '/.. Hutchinson, editor 

 of the Bee-Keepers' Review, has made a 

 chasm in the bee-keeping fraternity of this 

 country wider than we are often called upon 

 to witness in our brotherhood; and not only 

 because of this, but also of the fact that he 

 was taken off. so to speak, in the midst of 

 his days when ordinary good health would 

 still give him promise of many vigorous years 

 of fruitful and effective labor, will his death 

 be widely and deeply deplored. 



By no one. pertiaps, will this be more 

 thoroughly realized than by myself, who 

 have been personally acquainted and had 

 personal intercourse with him. practically, 

 during the whole of our bee-keeping life. I 

 first learned of him more than 30 years ago 

 through his writings in Gleanings; and as 

 he lived in the adjoining county, but a con- 

 venient drive from my own home. I took oc- 

 casion, about 30 years ago. to pay him a visit. 

 I found him pleasantly located in a fine 

 tract of country near the village of Rogers- 

 ville. in Genesee Co. He was not at that 

 time engaged very largely in the apiarian 

 line, and even that was largely in queen- 

 rearing, but he was full of enthusiasm; and 

 since that time, though he hassuffered many 

 vicissitudes, his enthusiasm has never 

 waned. He was always reticent, seldom or 

 never laughed, but was remarkably even- 

 tempered, and happy in hisfamily relations. 

 In mypwn relations with him he has done 

 me m'any kind turns, and has done them 

 voluntarily when there appeared to be no 

 reason to expect him to trouble himself to 

 do them.— R. L. Taylor. 



It is with great sorrow and exceeding re- 

 gret that I learn of the demise of my friend 

 of more than a quarter of a century. A very 

 brief acquaintance led to a thorough appre- 

 ciation of the sterling qualities of Mr. 

 Hutchinson, which was strengthened in all 

 of the succeeding years. No one could know 

 him and his work without convincing proof 

 that he stood in the very front ranks of our 

 bee-keeping fraternity. His quick intellect, 

 coupled with his close attention to details, 

 won for him. at the very start, phenomenal 

 success as a queen-breeder. To this, api- 

 culture owes its good fortune in securing 

 his lifelong service in its development. He 



was temperamentally exact and methodical 

 transparently honest, and if I were to select 

 one word to characterize our brother it 

 would be genuineness. At conventions, go- 

 ing to and coming from them, at his home, 

 at my own home, and in visiting together 

 bee-keepers. I was much with him. He was 

 delightfully companionable, and always 

 alert for any new idea or suggestion touch- 

 ing the interests of the work to which he 

 was so entirely devoted. His quick appre- 

 hension and terse, clear-cut style as a writer, 

 made him a most reliable exponent of all 

 that was latest and best in the theory and 

 practice of his beloved art.— Prof. .^ J 

 Cook. 



He and I met frequently at conventions, 

 and have always been on the most friendly 

 terms. When he ceased writing for Glean- 

 ings, and started the Review, these friendly 

 relations were in no way marred. From first 

 to last his communications bore the stamp 

 of honesty and sincerity. During the almost 

 40 years that have passed since I made his 

 acquaintance, although there have been 

 many jangles and some severe criticisms in 

 print and elsewhere. I can hardly remember 

 hearing of any one who criticised in any way 

 our good friend W. Z. H 



How we shall miss his tall, upright, manly 

 form as he stood up before us at conven- 

 tions! He never made long talks, and he 

 never got into jangles; but.no matter what 

 was going on, whenever he took the floor, 

 with that well-known beaming smile on his 

 face, the room was stilled without any rap- 

 ping by the president May the Lord be 



praised that such a man as Mr. Hutchinson 

 was permitted to enter the ranks of bee- 

 keepers, and to labor for them so faithfully 

 as he did during his busy life. — A. I. Root. 



We have received the following from 

 a California admirer of Mr. Hutchin- 

 son : 



A Farewell to W. Z. Hutchinson 



Is he gone, the good, the brave ? 



Surely him we can not spare; 

 Unto us his all he gave— 



Gifts of mind and judgment rare. 



One by one they pass away. 



Masters of the honeyed art; 

 Who shall take their place that day 



When we see them all depart ? 



Dauntless-hearted pioneers! 



We inherit now the good 

 That they gave through all the years 



For the cause of Brotherhood. 



It was they who led the way 

 Where Elysian fields are found; 



So they came at break of day 

 To the "Happy Hunting Ground. " 



Honor to the early few. 



Leaders of our gentle art; 

 Glad we give them honor due. 



And the tribute of the heart. 



Those who love the fellow-man. 

 Serving with unselfish heart. 

 Serve God's providential plan ; 

 Loving, choose the better part. 



(Dr.) Frederick D. Webley. 

 Santa Cruz. Cal. 



A Ijetter of Thanks. 



■We have received the following let- 

 ter of appreciation from Mrs. W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, which she wishes us to 



publish ; 



Flint. Mich., July 17, iqii. 

 Editor American Bee Journal— 



Dear Friend:— I would like to have you. 

 through your columns, thank the many dear 

 friends of Mr. Hutchinson for the kind 

 words of sympathy for me. There have 

 been so many sorrowful tokens of love and 

 remembrance that I would like to answer 

 personally, but it is simply impossible for 

 me to do so. Sincerely. 



Mrs. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



