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gijEanings in bee culture 



NOVKMUliK, 19'20 



all knew him as an outstaiuling tiKurt' in tlic busi- 

 ness not only from a national but from an inter- 

 national standpoint as well. He was not only an 

 excei)tioiially good beekeeper but lie also possessed 

 to a remarkable desree the faculty of being- able 

 to impart the knowledge he had to others. But it 

 was not only as a beekeeper that lu; influenced so 

 many of us. but rather because of his upright, ster- 

 ling life, devoid of any s\ispiciou ot cant, but 

 nevertheless an earnest and fearless e-xponent of 

 princii)les he believed to be riuht. He possessed the 

 gift of beinj? original and anyone who has ever had 

 any corresi)ondencc with him knows that brevity 

 was ii trait he was gifted willi. As to his originality, 

 pardon me for recalling a lillle personal incident. 

 .\s many know, our departed friend was a stickler 

 for good English, and he always protested against 

 the term "shook swarming" so much in vogue some 

 time ago. I happened to refer to this phrase one 

 time in Gleanings and called it ''butchered Eng- 

 lish." A few days after Gleanings was off the 

 press, a post card came to me with the following 

 brief message: "Dear .T. L. — •Butchered English." 

 Ha. ha ! Best thing that has appeared for a loni;- 

 while. Tell Mrs. Byer that I ,iust love that good 

 man of hers. C. 0. Miller." Coming from anyone 

 else, I would have been anything but pleased with 

 such a communication, but coming from Dr. Miller, 

 frankly I appreciated it much at the time and moi-e 

 than ever now that he is gone. 



Dr. Miller stood for the highest type of a real 

 Christian. He not only professed to be a Christian, 

 but lived such a life that no one could know the 

 man and not know what he believed in that line. 

 ^Vhi!e the great majority of his friends no doubt 



believe iu \Uv iirimiples he u|)held. yd his life was 

 a pattern for even those who believe differently, for 

 in the words of Burns: 



"If there is another wm-ld he lives in bliss; 



If there is none, he made the l;est of this." 



Markham. Ontario. J. L. Byer. 



A LIKK WKI-r, SPKNT. 

 Willi tlie passing of Dr. C. ('. Millcr.<,c<msistcnt 

 Christian, savant and prolilic ai>icultural writer, 

 the beekceiiing world has sustained an irreparable 

 loss. His characteristic fhoroness, fairnes.s. fear- 

 lessness and love of. seeking after the truth has 

 rendered bis service to beekeepers of suiireme vahii'. 

 and they liave alnindantly profited by his life and 

 workSltTbe thoioness with which he examined and 

 discussed aliicultural questions gave to his con 

 elusions a peculiar Miller value. He possessed the 

 rare literary gift of fine and accurate definition 

 between what he knew to be true and that which 

 was doubtful or which had not 1 ccn demonstrated. 

 Truly his was a life well spent, industriously, ag- 

 gressively and vigorously: not alone for personal 

 compensation but by letting his light shine, . for the 



material and moral uplift of all engaged in the 

 occupation he loved so well. It is often said that 

 the character is stamped in the expression of the 

 face. What a wonderfully beautiful and lovable 

 character, then, was that of Dr. Miller. 



The ranks of beekeepers past and present include 

 many characters remarkable for .their good will 

 and liberality in endowing apiculture as they have 

 been endowed, and to one of the best and greatest 

 of these I offer this humble tribute. 



Kenmore, IS'. Y. Orel I., llershiser. 



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KADl.VTKI) GOOD lir.Mdli AND ll.M'I'l .\ I'iS.S O.V AIJ<. 



1 liave been favored for many years with a per- 

 sonal acquaintance with Dr. Miller. I am not sure 

 now as to the exact date, but it must liave lieiMi 

 nearly forty years ago that we first met ,-il tlie 

 convention of the Northwestern Beekee|)ers' .Vsso 

 ciation at Chicago. 



Tliei'e was soniclliing that seemed to attract us 

 to each otlier and tho we seldom met oftener 

 than on<-e a year, we grew to be very good friends. 

 1 was a yining man then and I was ".Jimmy" to 

 him, but we had tastes in common and some of the 

 brightest recollections of my life are of the talks 

 I had with liim during tlie pau.ses in the conven- 

 tions in tlie various cities where we met, or on tlie 

 little side trips which we made together or in 

 coinpany with others of the old timers. 



That which impressed me most in my acquain- 

 tance with him then and since was the absolute 

 sincerity and honesty of his life and purposes. 

 He could see both sides of a question as few men 

 can and when he did not know the answer to a 

 problem, he never hesitated to say so. 



A sincere Christian, he lived his creed and no 

 one could be intimately associated with him with- 

 out being bettered by it. Lovable as a man, he 

 r.idiated good humor and happiness on all. 



Few men have doiu; more good to beekeeping 

 lliaii he has in his writings, helpful alike to the 

 rxiicrt and the l.'eginn(>r. 



(iraiul ,hnicfi(in. Col. .1. .V. Green. 



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fKAITICKI) WHAT UK I'KKArHED. 



Dr. ('. C. Miller was one man among many, 

 and one that all who knew him at all personally 

 admired for probably one reason above all other.s, 

 that he practiced what he preached. This quality, 

 apart from his standing in the l:eekeeping pro- 

 fession, made him an outstanding man. His kind- 

 ness and thonghl for the lesser beekeejjers was 

 always very much appreciated liy myself. It is 

 with deep regret that I heard of Dr. Miller's ))as.s- 

 ing; but, 1 have no doubt lliat if he could be with 

 us, he would tell us not to grieve, but to carry on. 



Guelpli. Can. I''. Kiic Milieu. 



AN INSFIKATIII.V Til OTHKKS. 



it never was my pleasure to meet Dr. Mill 

 lierson : but I learned to love and revere him 

 his writings, which on several occasions have 

 ed to solve problems for me. Also, his persis 

 in his' early beekeeping life, tho handicapped 

 given me in.spiration. The entire fraternity, 

 especially the newborn beekeeper, will sorely 

 him. 



Kast .lordan, Mich. 1 la D. Ilartli 



thru 

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 ten cy 



has 

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tt. 



WO.S'PKUi'L'l.i I'KUSOiNALlTV. 



Permit me to enter this brief letter of tribute to 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, whom it happened to be my 

 pleasure to visit .iust a short time before his death. 



I am too new in the bee world to appreciate fully 

 the many things that Dr. Miller has accomplished 

 in beckeepins. However, it must be a wonderful 

 personality indeed, who at the age of eighty-nine 

 holds the admiration and good will of the entire 



