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the first to establish a honey house in 

 New York City. 



In 1870 or 1871 Mr. Quinby re- 

 quested Solan Robinson, then aud for 

 a long time editor of the agricultural 

 department of the New York Tribune, 

 to ascertain as nearly as possible the 

 amount of honey sold by all the dealers 

 in the city that year. Mr. R. reported 

 that the aggregate amounted to 211, 

 000 lbs. Northern honey, and nearly 

 as much from the South, and West 

 Indies. The canal boats of a firm at 

 Little Falls, N. Y., carried that sea- 

 son to the New York market 80,000 

 lbs., of which Mr. Quinby or his son- 

 in-law, Mr. L. C. Root, produced from 

 their apiaries 25,000 lbs. I never 

 knew that Mr. L. possessed more than 

 about 10 colouies, but Dr. Miller says 

 Mr. L. never exceeded 125 colonies, 

 which is a safe report. 



Mr. L. did not teach practical bee- 

 keeping by precept, but Mr. Quinby, 

 by his kindly example, lent a fatherly 

 attention to aiding progress. Both 

 Mr. Quinby and Mr. Langstroth were 

 well known as men of staunch integ- 

 rity, and both deserve a niche in 

 history in memory of their respective 

 talents devoted to the advancement of 

 bee-keeping interests. 



On the advent of the Italian bees 

 into America, both Mr. Quinby and 

 Mr. Langitroth engaged in rearing 

 queens for sale. In this Mr. Quinby 

 sold queens in numbers about in pro- 

 portion to the respective difference in 

 the production of honey. The modest, 

 quiet Mr. L. could not cope with Mr. 

 Q, , a man of push and energy in the 

 highest degree. Father Quinby has 

 a record in the realm of progressive 

 bee culture, that like the Star of 



Bethlehem, is far more lustrious than 

 any other of the train. 



Briefly here, referring back to 1870, 

 Mr. Quinby estimated that their 25, 

 000 lbs. of surplus was gathered from 

 about 30 sq. miles. Taking this for 

 a basis we can calculate ; New York 

 State contains 47,000 sq. miles, can it 

 be explained why every 30 sq. miles 

 throughout the state will not produce 

 25,000 lbs. of honey? On this basis 

 the product would amount to 39.166, 

 666 lbs. Unquestionably 30,000,000 

 lbs. might be gathered annually, to 

 say nothing about the other states. 

 Like the Manna in Israel, it is freely 

 given, and if it is not taken in season 

 it is gone forever. It has come and 

 gone for centuries, and what vast 

 quantities, countless tons, have gone 

 to waste in the past. This is but one 

 of the many instances of our suffer- 

 ing for our stupidity or ignorance. 

 This view may prompt the inquiry 

 from some, '' What can be done with 

 millions of pounds of honey?" I 

 answer by calling up* the question, 

 What becomes of billions of pounds 

 of sugar ? And what about the con- 

 sompti 'ii of the millions of pounds of 

 cheese produced in our country year- 

 ly ? The consumption of honey as an 

 article of food has just begun, and of 

 course it will become more and more 

 general, and the consumption will in- 

 crease with ihose who have begun 

 and will begin to use it. 

 Richford,N. Y. 



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