bio(;rai'iiies of noted bee-keepers. 



no little honor, even to so important a society, to 

 have such a man as president. In 1871 Mr. Quinby 

 was president of the N. A. B. K. A. 



It is not at all impossible that the fact that s(j 

 many intellig'ent bee-keepers are found in New 

 Vork, is larg-ely due to there being- such a man as 

 Mr. Quinby in their midst. The hig-h reverence in 

 which he was always held by the bee-keepers, pai-- 

 ticularly 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 North- 

 eastern Society, after the death of Mr. Quinby, 

 (.'apt. J. E. Hethering'ton said, in his address, in a 

 well-merited eulog-ium on Mr. Quinby: "Of the 

 great amount of gratuitous labor performed by 

 him, to advance the science of bee culture, the fra- 

 ternity as a whole will never know, nor can they 

 realize the information imparted to the numbers 

 who Hocked to see him i>ersonally, especially in the 

 busy season." 



" His life has been in every sense a life of useful- 

 ness, and not wholly devoted to the interests of bee 

 I'lillui-e, for he took a living- interest in any move- 

 ment he thought would lieneflt society; and as an 

 advocate and helper in the temperance work he did 

 no mean service. He jiossessed true kindness of 

 heart, and regarded i< as a religious duty to make 

 all. better and hapiiier with whom he came in con- 

 tact, and reg-arded that life a failure that did not 

 leave the world the better for having lived." 



ADAM GRUIM. 



Adam Grimm was born in Germany, in 1824. His 

 father kept a few hives of bees, in which Adam took 

 dee)> intei-est, and did not rest satisfied till he him- 

 self became the owner of a few colonies. He emi- 

 grated to this country in 1849, settling- at Jefl'erson, 

 Wis., on alarm where he remained until his death, 

 wliieh occurred April 10, 1876. Soon after settling at 

 Jefi'eri-ion he obtained a few colonies of bees, and was 

 so successful with tliem that at one time, when all 

 other ci-ops failed, his bees came to the rescue and 

 helped him over the most critical time of his life. 



In ]S63 he had increased his apiary to 60 stocks of 

 black bees in all sorts of bo.Y hives, and in 1864 he 

 commenced to use frame hives, and ti-fuisf erred all 

 liis bees into them. In the same year, 1864, he bought 

 his fl!-st Italians, aud, as rapidly as possible, Italian- 

 ized his apiai-y, and then sold lai-ge numbers of It;il- 

 ian (lueens all over the country. 



About 1869 or '70 he imported, per.soually, 100 Ital- 

 ian (iueens, 60 of which were alive on tlieir arri^'al at 

 New York. Of this number he introduced 40 in his 

 own apiaries. He increased his stock regardless of 

 cost, every year, but had larger i-eturns especial- 

 ly in late years, both from the sale of honey and 

 bees. Queen-rearing he thought unprofitable. He 

 had an intense enthusiasm in the business, and 

 worked so hard in the apiary as probably to shoiten 

 his life. His success was the cause of many others 

 engaging- in the business. 



He established a bank at Jefferson, of which he 

 was casliicr(his bees having provided the capital); 

 but during- tin' honey harvest he left his l)ank \v the 

 caie of emplo.>es and went from one apiary to an- 

 other, iiersonally supervising all that was done. 



We shall not .soon forget two or three pleasant vis- 

 its which we made at his home, with his interesting 

 family. He told us that his wife remonstiated with 

 him for working- so hard, telling him that he now 



had a competence, and could give up his bees with 

 the laborious care of so many; but he seemed to 

 think the returns were large for the amount of la- 

 bor, making- the" work still a pleasure, although no 

 longer a necessity. He reached the numbej- of 1400 

 colonies; and on one of our visits, when he had near- 

 ly 1000 colonies, he said, with a half-comical expres- 

 sion, "What would I do if all should die in the wiu- 

 ter":"" And then, the comical look g-iving way to one 

 of Gei-maii determination, he said, "I would buy 

 some more; and with so many hives full of empty 

 comb I would show you how soon I would fill them 

 up again." 



.\D.\M GRIMM. 



His daughters, Katie and Maggie (both since mar- 

 ried), were his able and faithful assistants; and the 

 son, George, since his father's death, has assumed 

 the principal care of the bees, for which he is well 

 fitted by his previous training. 



Mr. Grimm was trim built, of medium size, pleas- 

 ant in manner, but especially impressing one as of 

 great earnestness. He was very methodical, and 

 kept an exact account of his business, showing, in a 

 single year, $10,000 as the result of his bee-keeping. 



CAPT. J. E. HETHERINOTON. 

 The reputation of being- the most extensive bee- 

 keeper in the world— a reputation which no one in 

 the fraternity would lightly esteem — belongs to 

 John B. Hethering-ton, better known as Captain J. 

 E. Hetherington. He was born Jan. 7. 1H40, and is 

 one of the very few who have never had an.v other 

 residence than the place of birth— Cherry Valley, 

 N. Y. His bee-keeping career commenced at the 

 early age of twelve years, when, with $5.00 earned 

 for that special purpose, he bought a colony of bees, 

 and at seventeen had marketed honey by the ton, 

 averaging nearly 60 lbs. per colony, and this was se- 

 cured in glass boxes, although liox hives and the 

 brimstone-jiit were then in vogue. At this same 

 time, in 1857, he invented a double- walled hive, with 

 confined ;iir-si)ace l)etween walls, applying for a 

 (latent on it; but after using- tw(j or three hundred 

 of them he had the unusual good sense to discard 

 his own invention when he found it did not come up 

 to his expectations. He then used very successful- 

 ly a straw hive, having at one time 1300 of them. 

 With these hives he devised a system of artificial in- 

 crease, not requii-ing the use of movable combs, and 



