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lire at bee conventions, where more would 

 have been heard of him had he been less 

 gifted as a secretary and rei^orter. Sitting, 

 sometimes with little ai)parent attention to 

 what was going on, he was quick to seize 

 every point of importance, and thus to give 

 a condensed report of real value. Several 

 years in succession he was honored with the 

 secretaryship of the National Association, 

 and also of his own State association. 



The immediate cause of Mr. Hutchinson's 

 death was anemia. The operation that had 

 been i)erformed to relieve an acvite condition 

 was entirely successful. For a time he ral- 

 lied, walked about some, and even went up 

 town. On that day it hai^pened to be cold 

 and windy. He contractetl bronchitis, from 

 which he never recovered. In his weakened 

 condition he gradually went downward; and 

 although every thingwas done that surgical 

 and medical j\id coukl render he began to 

 grow weaker and weaker. But never once 

 was he discouragetl. He remarked to his 

 dear wife, shortly before he became uncon- 

 scious, "I don't 'know about the Bevieiv for 

 .Tune; but I guess I will let it go this month, 

 and inay be next." He thought that, by so 

 doing, lie would be able to recuiierate enough 

 to take up the work again; but he kept get- 

 ting worse until he became unconscious; 

 and, short Iv after, he passed away. 



Not a member of any church organization, 

 he did not hesitate to express to intimate 

 friends a belief in .lesus C'hrist, and a grand 

 future for all those who have tried to do 

 right. Hardly anv thing less than Christian 

 fortitude would liave enabled him to bear 

 with calmness afflctions that would have 

 crushed almost any one else in his place. 



THE TESTIMONY OF A LIFE-LONG FRIEND IN 

 THE PERSON OF PROF. A. J. COOK. 



It is with great sorrow and exceeding re- 

 gret that I learn of the demise of my friend 

 "of more than a quarter of a century. A very 

 brief acciuaintaiice led to a thorough appre- 

 ciation of the sterling qualities of Mr. Hutch- 

 inson, which was strengthened in all of the 

 succeeding years. No one could know him 

 and his work without convincing proof that 

 he stood in the very front ranks of our bee- 

 keeping fraternity. His quick intellect, 

 couiiled with his close attention to details, 

 won for him, at the very start, jihenomenal 

 success as a queen-breeder. To this, apicul- 

 ture owes its great good fortune in securing 

 his life-long service in its develoi)ment. He 

 was temperamentally exact and methodical, 

 transparently honest, and if I were to select 

 one word to characterize our brother it would 

 be genuineness, At conventions, going to 

 and coming from them, at his home, at my 

 own home, and in visiting together oee- 

 keeiiers, I was much with him. He was de- 

 lightfully companionable, and always alert 

 for any new idea or suggestion touching the 

 interests of the work to which he was so en- 

 tirely devoted. His quick apprehension and 

 terse, clear-cut style as a writer, made him 

 a most reliable exponent of all that was lat- 

 est and best in the theory and practice of 



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his beloved art. His book and journal, the 

 Bevieiv, were always vital and virile, for 

 he reached for the best, and gave it to his 

 readers so simply and clearly that all under- 

 stood and profited. The Review was a pow- 

 er from the first, and its influence grew rap- 

 idly as his readers came to know the sin- 

 cerity and absolute integrity of the man. 

 He and Mr. R. L. Taylor were great friends, 

 much together, and singularly alike in their 

 unselfish desire to promote the highest and 

 best interests of bee-keepers and bee-keep- 

 ing. 



Such all-around men as was Mr. Hutch- 

 inson are all too rare; and with thousands 

 of others all over our broad land I sincerely 

 mourn his too early leave-taking, and ten- 

 der my heartfelt symiiathy to his wife and 

 daughters. May the good Father help them 

 to bear this overwhelming loss. 



C'laremont, Cal. 



A friend's TRIBUTE BY R. L. TAYLOR. 



The demise of W, Z. Hutchinson, editor 

 of the Bee-keepers'' Review, has made a 

 chasm in the bee-keeping fraternity of this 

 country wider than we are often called ui)on 

 to witness in our brotherhood; and not only 

 because of this, but also because of the fact 

 that he was taken off, so to speak, in the 

 midst of his days when ordinary good health 

 would still give him promise of many vig- 

 orous years of fruitful and effective labor, 

 will his death be widely and deeply de- 

 plored. 



By no one, perhaps, will this be more 

 thoroughly realized than by myself, who 

 have been personally acquainted and had 

 personal intercourse with him, practically, 

 (luring the whole of our bee-keeping life. I 

 first learned of him more than thirty years 

 ago through his writings in (iLEANings; 

 and as he lived in the adjoining county, but 

 a convenient drive from my own home, I 

 took occasion, about thirty years ago, to pay 

 him a visit. I found hini pleasantly locat- 

 ed in a fine tract of country near the village 

 of Rogersville, in flenesee Co. He was not 

 at that time engaged very largely in the 

 apiarian line, and even that was largely in 

 queen-rearing, but he was full of enthusi- 

 asm; and since that time, though he has 

 suffered many vicissitudes, his enthusiasm 

 has never wanetl. He was always reticent, 

 seldom or never laughed, but was remarka- 

 bly even-tempered, and happy in his fam- 

 ily relations. In my own relations with, 

 him he has done me many kind turns, and 

 has done them voluntarily when there ap- 

 peared to be no reason to expect him to 

 trouble himself to do them. 



To be near transportation facilities he re- 

 moved to the city of Flint after a time, and, 

 in pursuance of his doctrine of "specialty," 

 which he has latterly so strenuously jiro- 

 claimed, he gradually, as he could, increas- 

 ed the magnitude of his apiarian interests; 

 but with all his enthusiasm for the business 

 of bee-keeping he had a still stronger taste, 

 long kept latent, for something in a literary- 

 line. He longed to be editor and publisher. 



