. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. British the: % -AiA^. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Strangeways Printing Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 359. Vol. XVII.] MAY 9, 1889. [Published Weekly.] (Stoitonal, Ifcrtias, fa. In iWrmoriam. THE EEV. GEORGE RAYNOR. We very much regret that we have the painful duty to announce the death of the Rev. George Raynor, of Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, Essex. This sad event occurred on May 3rd His illness was of short duration ; the cause of death was angina pectoris. Mr. Raynor was born on August 2nd, 1819, and
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. British the: % -AiA^. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Strangeways Printing Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 359. Vol. XVII.] MAY 9, 1889. [Published Weekly.] (Stoitonal, Ifcrtias, fa. In iWrmoriam. THE EEV. GEORGE RAYNOR. We very much regret that we have the painful duty to announce the death of the Rev. George Raynor, of Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, Essex. This sad event occurred on May 3rd His illness was of short duration ; the cause of death was angina pectoris. Mr. Raynor was born on August 2nd, 1819, and was close on his seventieth year. In him the bee-community have lost a kind friend and a steadfast supporter. Personally we feel his loss with the utmost acuteness. While his gentle spirit was passing away, we were com- pleting a biographical sketch of him as one of the ' eminent bee-keepers' of the day. This sketch, with portrait, will be presented in our next issue. We have just received from Mr. J. M. Hooker, in replj- to our information to him of the sad event, the fol- lowing expression of his regret:— Dear Sir,—I cannot tell you how grieved I am to hear of the death of our good friend, Mr. Kaynor. There are few men held in greater esteem than he was by all who knew him, and his death will cause the universal regret of all bee-keepers. He was always ready to give advice and assistance to those in doubt in all matters concerning apiculture, and his gentle and kind manner won for him universal regard and esteem. Nor was this all; the advice given by him was of a practical and useful kind, such as can only be gained by long experience and careful observation. Although myself an old bee-keeper, the first thing I did on the receipt of the Bee Journal was almost invariably to read ' Useful Hints.' It will be long, I fear, before this part of the Journal will have so reliable an authority to represent it. For myself I feel that I have lost a most estimahle friend, generous, c
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