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The Quinby Hive. 



Soon after, the late Mr. Quinby brought forth his hive, 

 ■which is essentially the same as the above, only differing in 

 details. No patent was obtained by Mr. Quinby, whose great 

 heart and boundless generosity endeared him to all acquaint- 

 ances. Those who knew him best, never tire of praising the 

 unselfish acts and life of this noble man. If we except Mr. 

 Langstroth, no other man has probably done so much to pro- 

 mote the interest and growth of improved apiculture in the 

 United States. His hive, his book, his views of wintering, his 

 introduction of the bellows-smoker — a gift to apiarists — all 

 speak his praise as a man and an apiarist. 



The facts that the Bingham hive, as now made, is a great 

 favorite with those that have used it, that Mr. Quinby pre- 

 ferred this style or type of hive, that the Quinby form is used 

 by the Hetherington brothers. Captain J. E. , the prince of 

 American apiarists, and O. J., whose neatness, precision, and 

 mechanical skill are enough to awaken envy, are surely 

 sufficient to excite curiosity and bespeak a description. 



The Quinby hive (Fig. 49) , as used by the Hetherington 

 brothers, consists of a series of rectangular frames (Fig. 49) 

 twelve by seventeen inches, outside measure. The end bars 

 of these frames are one and a half inches wide and half an 



Fig. 49. 



Frame. Bottom-board and Frame-Support, of Quinby Hive. 



inch thick. The top and bottom one inch wide and half an 

 I'.f.ii thir-k. T'lp outer halves of the end bar projects } of 

 an mch beyond the top and bottom bars. This projection is 

 lined on the inside with sheet iron, wliich is inserted in a groove 

 which runs one inch into each end of the end-pieces and is 



