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tural and other papers, his writings 

 being always of the same sensible and 

 practical character. 



The Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, a body whose deliberations have 

 always been of importance, owed its 

 origin to Mr. Quinby, who was for years 

 its honored President — perhaps it is bet- 

 ter to say its honoring President, for it 

 was no little honor, even to so important 

 a society, to have such a man as Presi- 

 dent. In 1871 Mr. Quinby was Presi- 

 dent of the North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association. 



It is not at all impossible that the fact 

 that so many intelligent bee-keepers are 

 found in New York, is largely due to 

 there being such a man as Mr. Quinby 

 in their midst. The high reverence in 

 which he was always held by the bee- 

 keepers, particularly those who knew 

 him best, says much, not only for the 

 bee-master, but for the man. 



On the occasion of the first meeting of 

 the Northeastern Society, after the 

 death of Mr. Quinby, Capt. J. E. Heth- 

 erington said, in his address, in a well- 

 merited eulogium on Mr. Quinby : "Of 

 the great amount of gratuitous labor 

 performed by him, to advance the 

 science of bee-culture, the fraternity as 

 a whole will never know, nor can they 

 realize the information imparted to the 

 numbers who flocked to see him per- 

 sonally, especially in the busy season." 

 "His life has been in every sense a 

 life of usefulness, and not wholly de- 

 voted to the interests of bee-culture, for 

 he took a living interest in any move- 

 ment he thought would benefit society ; 

 and as an advocate and helper in the 

 temperance work he did no mean ser- 

 vice. He possessed true kindness of 

 heart, and regarded it as a religious 

 duty to make all better and happier 

 with whom he came in contact, and re- 

 garded that life a failure that did not 

 leave the world the better for having 

 lived." 



Tlie Re^ie-w will please accept 

 our thanks for the very kindly reference 

 contained in the following paragraph, 

 which it published in its Jan. number : 



The Amekican Bee Journal Is bound 

 not to fall behind. Each issue is to con- 

 tain a portrait and biographical sketch 

 of some apicultural celebrity. There is 

 nothing like a face to face meeting, and 

 the hearty hand clasp, but even these 

 are rendered still more pleasant by hav- 

 ing first seen the portrait and read the 

 sketch. 



CONDUCTED BY 



M. mmmwmm, 



JUGENHEIM, HESSEN. GERMANY. 



Introduction. 



I suppose I ought to make s«me "in- 

 troductory remarks," but I hate intro- 

 ductions, so I will only express the wish 

 that the highly-esteemed bee-keeping 

 friends in America may be interested 

 in the contents of this new department 

 in the "Old Reliable." H. Reepen. 



European Doings. 



Alcoholized Wax. — Weygandt, the 

 self-styled inventor of artificial heating 

 of bee-houses, if he wants a colony to 

 build as quick as possible new combs, 

 uses wax alcoholized to a very fine pow- 

 der. He puts it simply on the bottom 

 inside the hive, and the bees take it 

 willingly and carry it up to the combs. 

 But if the wax is not powdered in a very 

 fine way, the bees do not care for it. 



A New Foul Brood Remedy. — Creo- 

 line has turned out to be a good remedy 

 for foul brood. Take a bottle of water 

 and put some Creoline into it, so that 

 the mixture is about 4 per cent. ; sprin- 

 kle the hive, combs and bees once or 

 twice ft week. If the foul brood is very 

 bad, sprinkle all the bees going in the 

 entrance, three or four times a day, so 

 that the antiseptic is constantly carried 

 through all parts of the hive. 



Drone Mating with a Worker. — I 

 shortly read in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal that it was impossible, and it never 

 could happen, that a drone-bee could 

 mate with a worker-bee. In the year 

 1883 the rector Anton Kremer, at 

 Schroda, Provinz Posen, found close to 

 his bee-house, a drone-bee mated with a 

 worker-bee. As he never had heard of 

 such a case, he immediately sent this 

 couple to Schonfeld, the famous bee- 

 savant and microscopist, and he could 

 only ascertain the fact. As far as I 

 l<now, this couple is still In possession of 

 Schonfeld. B. Reepen. 



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