THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



ledge. Had an entomologist made 

 the discoveries of Quinby in the 

 natural history of the bee it would 

 have conferred immortal honor up- 

 on himself. 



What shall we say of Mr. Quinby 

 as a man, a man who spent liis 

 whole life for the benefit of others? 

 When we read that a few men own 

 nearly the whole of a country we 

 know that many are poor that a 

 few may be rich. And after one 

 of these monej'' kings or merchant 

 princes has gathered to himself 

 many times his share of the world's 

 wealth, if he may choose to redis- 

 tribute it in charity, some perhaps 

 in educating the orphans he has 

 helped make poor, we call him a 

 public benefactor, a philanthro- 

 pist. How much more a public bene- 

 factor is he who turns a part of the 

 waste of this world into wealth for 

 the benefit of his fellows ! This was 

 Mr. Quinby's life-work, and if he 

 caused two pounds of honey to be 

 gathered where but one was gather- 

 ed before how many million dollars 

 has he given to his fellow man? 

 Who will compute it, for it amounts 

 to more than the gift of a Cooper, 

 a Peabody, or a Girard. With it 

 he leaves to the beekeepers of 

 America the rich legacy of a truly 

 noble life : an example of that con- 

 tentment with the comforts and a 

 few of the luxuries of life which 

 brings so much more enjoyment 

 than a tiresome scramble for wealth. 

 A contentment that gives leisure 

 for the improvement of the mind, 

 that gives opportunity to extend 

 the helping hands to others, and 

 time for laying up treasures "where 



neither moth nor rust doth corrupt 

 and where thieves do not break 

 through nor steal." 



Thus to summarize our estimate 

 of Mr. Quinby's life-work we place 

 him as a practical beekeeper ahead 

 of Dzierzon : as an inventor ahead 

 of Langstroth : as a discoverer in 

 the natural history of the honey 

 bee,, ahead of the present generation 

 of entomologists : and as a public 

 benefactor ahead of those who sim- 

 ply act as gatherers and redistribu- 

 tors of wealth already in existence. 



Starkville, N. T.,Dec. 23, 1884. 



FOUL BROOD. 



By L. Stachelhausen. 



Distinguished apiarists have of 

 late so fully treated this subject, 

 that it appears almost useless to 

 say any more concerning it : es- 

 pecially has A. J. Cook, before the 

 late convention of the Northeastern 

 Beekeepers' Association^ given a 

 complete description of the theory 

 and nature of this disease. Still 

 more recently, Mr. C. F. Muth has 

 described a simple method of cure. 

 Notwithstanding this, I have decid- 

 ed to contribute my part towards 

 the solution of this problem. 



Before proceeding further I will 

 touch upon some points in Prof. 

 Cook's statement. 



1. " There is good reason to be- 

 lieve that the minute spores do not 



lOui- readers will find that Vol. 2 of the 

 "Apiculturist" contains the only complete re- 

 ports of this conveutiou. Ed. 



