MEMORIAL OF M. QUINBY. KV 
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 asmoker, combin- 
ing the principle of an upright 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 
