. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 267 even without books or schools. When about 20 years old he secured for the first time, as his own individual posses- sion, sufficient capital to invest in a stock of bees, and no doubt felt enthusiastic in looking forward hopefully to a good run of " luck " in the way of swarms, so that he could soon " take up" some by the aid of the brimstone-pit. But " kill- ing the goose that laid the golden egg " did not commend itself to his better judgment, and he was not slow to adopt the better way of plac
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 267 even without books or schools. When about 20 years old he secured for the first time, as his own individual posses- sion, sufficient capital to invest in a stock of bees, and no doubt felt enthusiastic in looking forward hopefully to a good run of " luck " in the way of swarms, so that he could soon " take up" some by the aid of the brimstone-pit. But " kill- ing the goose that laid the golden egg " did not commend itself to his better judgment, and he was not slow to adopt the better way of placing boxes on the top of the hive, with holes for the as- practical experience in handling and studying the bees themselves, as well as the books, he was not merely a bee- keeper, but a bee-master ; and with that philanthx'opic character which made him always willing to impart to others, he decided to give them, at the expense of a few hours' reading, what had cost him years to obtain, and in 1853 the first edition of "Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained," made its appearance. Thor- oughly practical in character, and vig- orous in style, it at once won its way to MOSES QUINBY. cent of the bees, and these boxes he im- proved by substituting glass for wood in the sides, thus making a long stride in the matter of the appearance of the marketable product. With little outside plenty of unexplored vestigating mind had for operation, and he study of bees and their habits. All the books he could obtain were earnestly studied, and everything taught therein carefully tested. The many crudities and inaccuracies contained in them were sifted out as chaff, and after 17 years' help, but with territory, his in- plenty of scope made a diligent From the year 1853, excepting the Interest he took in his fruits and his trout-pond, his attention was wholly given to bees, and he was owner, or half owner, of from 600 to 1,200 colonies, producing large crops of honey. On the adven
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