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hive. My progress from that time I felt 

 was rapid, from using a glass observa- 

 tory hive of one single comb, for several 

 seasons in Canada, of my own getting 

 up. In my opinion, the movable-comb 

 hive is very far superior. 



"Mr. Quinby's first edition of his book 

 struclf me as being excellent ; and when 

 I saw an advertisement of his second 

 edition, knowing that he had the advan- 

 tage of the movable combs, I looked 

 forward with confidence, and expected 

 to see some questions fully discussed by 

 him, which I considered of vital impor- 

 tance ; and when I obtained the book, 

 and found that he had almost stood still, 

 and those questions not even mentioned, 

 I was disappointed in the work, and 

 this determined my course to some ex- 

 tent. 



"For the purpose of fitting myself to 

 appear before the reading world, I at- 

 tended writing school, so as to accom- 

 plish myself in at least writing a legible 

 hand. This was in the winter of 1865- 

 66. As you say you are somewhat 

 familiar with my writings, I leave you 

 to judge of my success. My disadvan- 

 tages at my time of life I fully appre- 

 criated ; but being a man who has the 

 fortitude to not look back when the hill 

 has once begun to be climbed, my ambi- 

 tion and energy kept me ever on the on- 

 ward path. I commenced first to write 

 for the American Bee Journal, and 

 to-day my private correspondence would 

 fill a goodly-sized volume, of which I am 

 proud — with innumerable testimonials 

 from different part^of the United States 

 and Canada, and from those who were 

 entire strangers, which enhances their 

 value, being assured it is not flattery." 



Orchard, Iowa. E. Gallup. 



Having read something of the early 

 days of the Doctor, we now turn to a 

 letter we received from him a short time 

 ago, and which tells something of his 

 life at the present time : 



Santa Ana, Calif., July 20, 1893. 

 George W. York & Co. — 



Dear Sirs : — I have but very little time 

 at command now to reply to your re- 

 quest, but I send you a photo which I 

 had taken about three months ago. All 

 my friends say it looks older than I 

 really do. Every one says that I hold 

 my age remarkably. I know that many 

 a young man does not show the activity 

 that I do. 



Of course I am not in the bee-business 

 now, but I still take a great interest in 

 the business, and when I see a couple of 



boys managing an apiary and taking out 

 20 tons of honey this season, and others 

 in proportion, it makes me sort of hank- 

 er after the bees as of old. 



My second wife died last March, and 

 left me with three little ones — the oldest 

 six years, and the youngest two years — 

 and I am caring for them without the 

 assistance of a woman. I will be 73 

 years old the 22nd of next month, and I 

 am still strong and hearty, and, to all 

 appearance, good for some time yet. 



I left Iowa completely broken down, 

 both mentally and physically, and I 

 have regained both in this grand and 

 glorious climate. I was fully deter- 

 mined to go into the bee-business here, 

 and did make a start, but the demand 

 for my services as a hygienic and com- 

 mon-sense Doctor has been such that^ 

 could not get out of the business, and to 

 carry on the two was impossible. 



I feel now that I must live to care for 

 my little boys and girl. They are the 

 comfort of my old age. 



Dr. E. Gallup. 



While we have not the pleasure of a 

 personal acquaintance with Dr. Gallup, 

 nor have many of the present readers of 

 the Bee Journal, yet there are those 

 who will remember him and his inter- 

 esting contributions to the bee-literature 

 of 25 years ago, and they will now be 

 led to recall the memories of other years 

 when progressive bee-culture was just 

 beginning to take form. Our younger 

 readers, with ourselves, are glad to 

 learn more of those who helped the 

 cause of -bee-culture in its early and 

 struggling days, and thus all will be 

 profited and entertained by reading our 

 department biographical in this number 

 of the Bee Journal. 



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