MEMORIAL OF M. QUINBY. 



By Capt. J. E. Hkthjbrington, Chbbry Va.li.bt, N. Y. 



I approach the task before me with mingled feelings 

 of love, admiration, and duty; love for the man, cemented 

 by intimate friendly relations with him for more than 

 twenty years. I went to him when a mere lad for in- 

 struction in bee-culture, and he so beautifully unveiled 

 the wonderful mysteries of the natural history and prac- 

 tical management of the honey-bee, that I left him that 

 day, impressed as I had never been before. As I after- 

 wards learned to know him, I found that his kind, 

 considerate manner, and evident pleasure in imparting 

 instruction, were but the manifestation of qualities of 

 heart and purpose, strongly marked in his character. 

 My admiration for his sterling, manly attributes, and 

 eminently useful life, inspire me to attempt, in a small 

 measure, to discharge a duty resting on me, in common 

 with every bee-keeper in the land ; that of putting m 

 some enduring form, a tribute to his unselfish life-work 

 in promoting the science of bee-culture. 



His writings have made their impress on bee-liten-iture, 

 and his name is familiar in every home where honey 

 bees are kept for pleasure or profit. Thousands are 

 to-day enjoying a delicious and wholesome article of 

 food that would have remained ungathered, except for 

 his earnest advocacy of the business as a source of revenue 

 to the nation, and profit to the bee-keeper. He was ever 

 unselfishly urging people to adopt this calling, that the 

 millions of pounds of honey annually going to waste, 

 might be garnered for the use of mankind ; and he devoted 



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