. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. <si®®®:registered??registered:eee«®®®®®«^®®®®«^«^®««®®®e«®®®®®®®®«®®:registered??registered:®e«« V Entered at the Posi-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter. aeORae W. YORK, Editor. CHICAGO, ILL, JAN. 28,1904, Vol, XLIV—No, 4, Editorial Comments A Double Number This Week. Did you notice it? Just 32 pages of the old American Bee Jour- nal this time. But we don't suppose any one will object to it, if tve don't. This number should serve for two pretty good meals of apiarian literature. And the prospects are for a few more double numbers lat
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. <si®®®:registered??registered:eee«®®®®®«^®®®®«^«^®««®®®e«®®®®®®®®«®®:registered??registered:®e«« V Entered at the Posi-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter. aeORae W. YORK, Editor. CHICAGO, ILL, JAN. 28,1904, Vol, XLIV—No, 4, Editorial Comments A Double Number This Week. Did you notice it? Just 32 pages of the old American Bee Jour- nal this time. But we don't suppose any one will object to it, if tve don't. This number should serve for two pretty good meals of apiarian literature. And the prospects are for a few more double numbers later on. We think it will not be our fault if any reader does not get " value received " for his investment of a dollar for the American Bee Journal for 1904. Is Disposition Inherited from the Drone? Editok American Bee Journal— Can't you get an article from Prof. Benton as to the basis for his belief—recently expressed in your columns—that the drone gives the trait of gentleness or crossness? Some of us would like to know if he can prove it. Roxbcrt. It might not be an easy thing to prove directly from the bees themselves that the trait of gentleness is inherited from the drone, even though it might be the accepted belief that, in general, traits of character are inherited from the male parent. Is there, however, en- tire agreement upon this? and is. there anything like positive proof in the case? Space will be gladly given to Prof. Benton, or any one else who can answer satisfactorily. Plain Board Covers. These are not so much in use as they were a few years ago. The objection is made that in spite of cleating they warp., and even if held rigidly by iron cleats without the possibility of warping, they will still twist. But aside from the objections urged against them, Editor Root gives another reason why they are going out of use. He says in Gleanings in Bee-Culturg: "The fact is, clear wide boards in sufficient quanti
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