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tering very nicely thus far, especially 

 those iu the thin vvalleil hives In niy 

 opinion this hive is a first class one 

 for wintering bees. I just take off 

 the surplus cases and put the flat cov- 

 ers on and allow the bees to seal it 

 fast; then I pack with leaves at the 

 sides and on top and keep a snow ex- 

 cluder at the entrance and they are 

 left on the summer stands. 1 have 

 not lost one swarm since using these 

 hives during a period of four years. 



Yours truly, Elwood Bond. 



McMichaels, Pa., Jan. 25th, 1896. 



DEATH OF iMKS. LYMAN C. ROOT. 



Editor Am. Bee Keeper. — Dear 

 Sir : The sad intelligence reaches me 

 of the death of Mrs. Libbie Quinby 

 Root, only daughter of Mosses Quinby 

 and wife of Lyman C. Root, which 

 occured at their home in Stamford, 

 Conn. Jan. 16, 1896. 



Mrs. Root was stricken with par- 

 alysis on the morning of the 15th and 

 died the following morning. She was 

 a woman of rare intelligence and had 

 she given her attention to literary 

 pursuits would have gained celebrity. 

 Bee-keepers knew her as a literary 

 editor of Q,uiuby's Bee Keeping and 

 later of the same as revised by her 

 husband. The sketches from which 

 the engravings were made for these 

 works were also from her pencil. She 

 was a natural artist and iu drawing or 

 painting from nature displayed gen- 

 uine artistic talent. Her highest am- 

 bition centered in her home and in 

 the education of her two daughters. 

 No matter how busy with household 

 duties or the entertainment of visiting 

 bee-keepers, time was found for the 

 daily lessons of the girls, and also for 

 reading and discussing with the fam- 



ily the best books and literature. In 

 thus giving her life so unselfishly to 

 the improvement of others her own 

 character developed by the maturing 

 of those qualities of mind and heart 

 that must endure forever. It is grat- 

 ifying to be able to state that her 

 husbaud and family fully appreciated 

 her many excellent qualities. Her 

 presence, her sympathy and her coun- 

 sel will be sadly missed in the home 

 circle. Bee-keepers everywhere in 

 the English speaking world will unite 

 with me in extending heart felt sym- 

 psithy to Mr. Root, the daughters and 

 aged Mother Quinby. 



P. H. Elwood. 

 Starkville, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1896. 



woman's sphere. — ELIZABETH CADY 



STANTON SAYS THAT THERE IS NO 



LONGER A " WOMAN'S SPHERE." 



The education of a man and a woman 

 should be the same, because their spheres 

 are the same, with different duties accord- 

 ing to the capacity of the individual. 

 Woman, like all created things, loves, moves 

 and has her being obedient to law, explor- 

 ing with man the mysteries of the universe 

 and speculating in the glories of the hereaf- 

 ter. The question is now the sphere of the 

 individual, irrespective of sex. Woman are 

 now in the trades and piofessions, — every- 

 where in tlie world of work. They have 

 shown their capacity as students in the sci- 

 ences, tlieir skill as mariners, and their 

 courage as rescuers in life boats. They 

 are close on the heels of men in the arts, 

 sciences and literature, in their knowledge 

 and understanding of the vital ((uestions of 

 the hour, and in the everyday, practical 

 duties of life. A woman should be given 

 the opportunity to know all that a man 

 knows, and her educ;»tion should teach her, 

 first of all, self respect and self-reliance, — 

 From "The Education of Our Girls,'" in 

 Demorests Magazine for February. 



