The ^uinby Hive. 



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

 great heart and boundless generosity endeared him to all 

 acquaintances. 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 promote the interest and growth of 

 improved apiculture in the United States. His hive, his 

 book, his views of wintering, his introduction of the bel- 

 lows-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 

 preferred this style or type of hive, that the Quinby form 

 is used by the Hetherington brothers, Capt, J. E., the 



Fig. 72. 



Framey Bottom-hoard and Frame-Snpport^ of Quinby Hive, 



prince of American apiarists, with his thousands of colo- 

 nies, and O. J.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. 72), as used by the Hethering- 

 ton brothers, consists of a series of rectangular frames (Fig. 

 72) twelve by seventeen inches, outside measure. The end 

 bars of these frames are one and one-half inches wide and 

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

 and half an inch thick. The outer halves of the end bar 

 project one-fourth of an inch beyond the top and bottom- 



