14 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



ing of great and irreparable loss. Yet at the same time our 

 feeling can not be that only of sorrow, for his death was but 

 the closing of a finished life. He had finished his work, per- 

 mitted to him by the worn body that served as a vehicle for his 

 young mind, and our feeling at this time can scarcely be other 

 than one of thankfulness that he lived so long and that we were 

 privileged to know him, to learn from him and to imitate him 

 in his all-embracing desire to help those with whom he had con- 

 tact. 



To put these thoughts in words is not an easy task, nor 

 would it now be attempted were it not for an assurance that the 

 readers of these comments will charitably say that here are 

 stated feebly what we all think: in the death of Doctor Miller 

 we have lost a dear and close friend, but we are better beekeep- 

 ers because of his work and better men because of his life. 



Washington, T). C. 



