. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Publisht Weekly at 11_S Michigan St. Georgb W. York, Editor. ? a Year—Sample Copy Free. 38th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., MARCH 17, 1898. No. Improving the Race of Houey-Bees. Br REV. L. J. TEMPLIN. It seems to be the consensus of opinion among bee-lseepers that improvement in the honey-bee is a consummation de- voutly to be wisht. That this is practicable admits of little doubt. Indeed, there have already been such improvements in modern times as to give lively hopes of still greater advance along these lines in the near future. In order that time a
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Publisht Weekly at 11_S Michigan St. Georgb W. York, Editor. ? a Year—Sample Copy Free. 38th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., MARCH 17, 1898. No. Improving the Race of Houey-Bees. Br REV. L. J. TEMPLIN. It seems to be the consensus of opinion among bee-lseepers that improvement in the honey-bee is a consummation de- voutly to be wisht. That this is practicable admits of little doubt. Indeed, there have already been such improvements in modern times as to give lively hopes of still greater advance along these lines in the near future. In order that time and effort be not thrown away, it is important that all such efforts in this direction shall be based on intelligent, scientiflc prin- ciples. Two general laws lie at the foundation of all propagation of organic beings. These are, first, the tendency of all off- spring to resemble, in all essential qualities, their parents. This law is embraced in the axiom, " Like begets ; The second law referred to consists in the well-known fact that there is a tendency in every individual to vary in slight par- ticulars from all other beings of the same species. By the first of these laws we know with a certainty, within certain limits, what the result of the mating of two animals will be. We know that the ofl'spring will re'emble, in all essential characters, the parents from which it sprang. Any violent departure from the specific type is considered a monstrosity, and is rigorously destroyed—In nature, by the uncongenial environment, and in domestication, by the will of the breeder. It is to the second law mentioned above that we must look for the means for improving any race of domes- tic animals. It is only to a very limited extent that we can control or influence these variations. Yet, by food, shelter, etc., we may do something towards improvement. But it is by careful observation and grasping and fixing the variations that are continually arising from the operation
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