XIV MEMORIAL OF M. QUINBY. 
the best of his life to imparting instruction that would 
lead to this end. Thus, through his writings, and 
through his life-work for the benefit of mankind, he 
built to himself a monument more enduring than brass ; 
and to complete the memorial, it is the wish of all who 
knew him to have inscribed on its tablet, that which 
will testify to his broad, christian character, as well as. 
to such qualities of heart as are best revealed in home 
life to kindred and friends. 
I was asked to write of Mr. Quinby because I knew 
him ; none could know him but to love him. We, who 
were accustomed to gather at his fireside, can never for- 
get his warm hospitality. He was of a happy, even 
temperament, always ready with a hearty welcome for 
his friends, and a kind word for every one; ever willing 
to spread the broad mantle of charity over the short- 
comings of his fellows, yet equally prompt with quick 
censure for a wrong that could be righted. 
True to his Quaker education, he was an intense hater 
of shams, especially of the human kind. He was honest, 
a characteristic that is getting to be as rare as it is valu- 
able. There is no principle in business better established 
than that “Honesty is the best policy.” Mr. Quinby, 
unlike many men, was honest from principle. His life- 
work was to elevate bee-keeping to the dignity of a pur- 
suit among men, and he accomplished his mission. 
Bee-keeping as a specialty will date from his time, and 
if Huber has earned the title of “ Prince of Apiarists,” 
certainly Mr. Quinby is entitled to that of “Father of 
Practical Bee-Culture.” 
In apiarian history there are four names that will stand 
out prominently beyond all others; Huber, the blind 
apiarian, who, by his untiring perseverance, discovered 
more of the interior workings of the bee-hive than any 
other man that ever lived ; Dzierzon, the Quinby of 
Germany, who confirmed the hitherto unbelieved state- 
