MEMORIAL OF M. QUIKBT. XV 



ments of Huber, and added that equally surprising one 

 of partheno-genesis ; Langstroth, our own countryman, 

 inventor of the movable comb-hive (the most im- 

 portant invention ever made in bee-culture), and author 

 of a work, that for scientific accuracy and beauty of 

 expression is unsurpassed ; and last, but not least, our 

 own Quinby, who, adding largely to the knowledge of his 

 predecessors, combined the whole into a system of prac- 

 tical management, unequalled in simplicity and feasi- 

 bility ; and, finally, as a crowning act of a lifetime 

 spent in the service of others, gave to the world his 

 celebrated discovery that the liquid part of honey is, 

 under favorable conditions, entirely evaporated within 

 the body of the bee ; a discovery second to none ever 

 made in the history of the insect. 



He was not only author of our most practical work on 

 bee-keeping, but inventor of an almost perfect movable- 

 frame hive, and the originator of numerous other useful 

 devices. I predict that his invention of a smoker, combin- 

 ing the principle of an upi'ight tube and bellows, will, in 

 the near future, be in the hands of every bee-keeper in 

 the land. 



It has often been asked, " Why did not Mr. Quinby 

 accumulate a fortune in keeping bees ? " 



To this question, I think this answer may be given : 

 It is true that Mr. Quinby never became wealthy in a 

 pecuniary point of view, but this was not because 

 he was unable to make bee-keeping a lucrative pur- 

 suit. He did reap handsome profits in his busi- 

 ness, but was continually distributing his gains in the 

 search for more knowledge, and means for imparting it 

 to others. His views of a true fortune did not permit 

 him to enjoy the mere possession of money. With him, 

 knowledge was better fortune than gold ; and in another 

 light, he considered the ability to do something for the 

 benefit of mankind, a perpetual reward — treasures laid 



