NoVKMKKR, 1920 



GLEANINGS IN BEE GULTUUE 



057 



Lcckftpiii'^ world, T hnd loiiir wonflorod at tliis, 

 liut was al)lc to uiulerstaml aftfi- our vitsit. His 

 very keen intellect and appreciation of Nature, 

 along with his very lovable nature, were apparent 

 in his every word and action. I think the entlni- 

 siasni which he seemed always to have had must 

 have also been a i;real factor in the interest which 

 he was able to aiouse in others. He was one of 

 the most stimulatinLC men I have ever met. 



It would he impossible for me to express in this 

 short space my feclinij with regard to the tircat 

 service he has done the bi'ekecpinj; ind\istry tlirii 

 his very careful observations and willingness to 

 give the information free to all and at all times. 



Madison, Wis. H. F. Wilson. 



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OF .\U)KK IlKI.l" TH.AN JIK SUSPECTED. 



Has there been anyone in all beedom half as 

 much beloved as Dr. Miller? I think not. Every- 

 one always has had a word of appreciation for 

 him and for the hel|) his words have been to them. 

 It is imi)ossil>Ie to specify the sundry branches of 

 bee culture in which he has most helped. 



But far and away above his service to lieekeep- 

 i-rs in their work is his life example as a tliou;rht- 

 ful, kindly C'liristian gentleman, (ienerous in his 

 prai.se. he was ef^ually ,iusl in censuring wlicie 

 censure was needed. By thoughtful advice ilie 

 turned many of us from unsuspected faults and 

 helped us to about-face and attempt, like him, 

 to be of use to our fellow men. To ine personally 

 he has been an inspiration, and his oecasion;il 

 letters have helped me in more ways than one, nioi'e 

 than I can explain or than he suspected. 



A few years asco it was my good fortune to 

 spend a day at hi.s home — and a real home it was. 

 I treasure ils memory as a precious possession. 



Providence. K. I. Arthur C. Miller. 



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H.^D TiiK coi"K.\ui-; TO s.w "I do.n't know." 

 We who have read Dr. Miller's writings thru 

 out the years of our beekeeping experience, feel 

 that we owe much of our success to his kindly way 

 of telling what he felt sure of. and having the 

 lourage to say. "I don't know." when in doubt. 

 Living about "2000 miles apart, I had the pleasure 

 of meeting the Doctor personally only two or three 

 times. He was found to be just the kindly, genial, 

 whole-souled man that he had been represented to 

 be by the fraternity. A pleasant visit at his home 

 in Marengo in 1904 added to my appreciation of 

 his splendid <|ualities. He was a beekeeper who 

 was not in the business wholly for the money that 

 it would bring to him, but one who gave generous- 

 ly of his time for those things that go to make 

 better men and better women — one, who a.s the 

 lengthening shadows come year by year, had so 

 enjoyed life that he could say, "If the next world 

 is any better than this, it must be a fine world." 

 What better inspiration could anyone give? 

 Corona. Calif. I.. I,. Andrews. 



.M,.MOST LIKK A K.\TIIKR TO MK. 



I think no other man ever came into my own 

 life and influenced it as did Dr. Miller. For 20 

 years he was almost like a father to me. Without 

 him the American Bee Journal would not have 

 been anywhere near so valuable as it was during 

 the time I owned and edited it; as his eagle eye, 

 hi.s brilliant brain, and his thoro and extensive 

 Irekcpping experience were all in and upon the 

 ■ lournal. In some ways he was more to me than 

 my own father. He lalled Mr. Root and me 

 "his hoy.";." and how he used to watch over us as 

 we rondnrted our two bee papers! He enjoyed 

 it. too. as did we. If ever one man loved another 

 man, I surely loved Dr. Miller. .\s you know, his 

 character and life were so beautiful, so Christ-like. 



r neviM- knew him to utter a single unkind word 

 or remark about anotlier person. He never even 

 thought evil, I am sure, let alone utter it. How 

 often I have wished that all the beekeeping world 

 could know Dr. Miller as intimately as I knew 

 him for so many years. No one could help being 

 better for having known Dr. Miller. His int1\i- 

 ence was as a sweet perfume that permeated all 

 about him. I could not restrain the tears when I 

 received the letter telling of his death, and can 

 scarcely do so now as I write. I only wish I 

 could help pass on (o others a little of his kindli 

 ness, his love for mankind, and his broad sym- 

 pathy for all. And his home life with his wife 

 and her good sister! Wasn't it beautiful? Just a 

 bit of H^fven itself dropped down upon earth. 

 Spokane, Wash. George W. York. 



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RKI--LKCTK1) TIIK I.ll'K OK HIS MASTKK. 



Few beeUeepei's in our wliole country will be 

 more missed or more sincerely mourned than Dr. 

 C. C. Miller. He was a careful, tlunightful, and 

 original student of beekeeping, and a most success- 

 ful beekeeper. Comparatively few of us here in 

 the Ka.st were personally acquainted with him. but 

 we kiunv him best by his genial, kindly, and help- 

 ful contributions to current bee literature. 



His articles, often bubbling over with humor and 

 good will, were usually the first to be read and 

 enjoyed. If you did not always agree with him, 

 you could not help but admire and love him for 

 his kindly way of disagreeing from you. 



.\fter all, we most often think of him as the 

 siin])le, earnest, consistent, Cliristian genitleman, 

 iay by day and year alter year, clearly reflecting 



He was always a jolly good fellow. (Dr. Miller is 

 in the center of this smiling group.) 



the life of liis Master. l!y su<h a life wo are 

 lifted to a higher iilane and realize there are 

 better things in life than success in business, the 

 accumulation of wealth, or other objects so often 

 thought supreme. 



.\s the great Teacher forever dignified the trade 

 of the carpenter, so the business of beekeeping lias 

 been honored and lifted to a higher i)lane liy the 

 life and work of Dr. C. C. Miller. 



.Middlcbury. Vt. J. E. Crane. 



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ri,A(Kr> IlKKKKKl-I.NU ON HIGH I'l-ANK. 



It would be difficult to enumerate even a fair 

 share of the many ways in which Dr. C. C. Miller 

 has been of service to beekeepers. 



Perhaps the whole may be summed up iii the 

 superlative degree to whiili he has combined veo' 

 successful beekeeping witli a free and pleasing 

 manner of writing his experiences and advice. 



In his teachings what has attracted me most is 

 the high plane fin which beekeeping has been 

 placed. He resigned bodi a musical and a medical 

 career in each of whiili his prospects were bright, 



