. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 494 AMERICAN BEE Old Hybrids and Blacks—Would I\[ew Blood Improve Tliem ? Query 867.—I have 60 colonies of hybrids and black bees that have re-queened them- selves for the past eight years, from their own progeny. They are prolific, healthy, and good workers. 1. Would you advise the in- troduction of new blood ? 2. If so, from what* race of bees ?—Minn. I think not.—A. J. Cook. Let well enough alone.—A. B. Mason. 1. Yes. 2. Italians.—Jas. A. Green. 1. Yes. 2. Italians.—Mks. J. N. Heatee. ^ 1. It might improve them, 2. Ital- ian.—C. C. MiLLEK
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 494 AMERICAN BEE Old Hybrids and Blacks—Would I\[ew Blood Improve Tliem ? Query 867.—I have 60 colonies of hybrids and black bees that have re-queened them- selves for the past eight years, from their own progeny. They are prolific, healthy, and good workers. 1. Would you advise the in- troduction of new blood ? 2. If so, from what* race of bees ?—Minn. I think not.—A. J. Cook. Let well enough alone.—A. B. Mason. 1. Yes. 2. Italians.—Jas. A. Green. 1. Yes. 2. Italians.—Mks. J. N. Heatee. ^ 1. It might improve them, 2. Ital- ian.—C. C. MiLLEK. I always believe in letting well enough alone.—Mks. L. Harbison. If they are doing good work, I would keep them as they are.—E. France. 1. New blood would no doubt improve them. 2. Italian.—J. P. H. Brown. Pure Italian blood will always be profitable, and never injurious.—Da- DANT & Son. I would introduce a few queens of the dark grades of the Italians, every year. —G. L. Tinker. New blood of some good strain will put new vigor in your bees. Try Ital- ian.—Will M. Barnum. 1. No, decidedly not, unless for some other reason than the prevention of in- breeding.—R. L. Taylor. 1. Yes. 2. Some good honey-gather- ing strain of Italians—bred for business, instead of color.—S. I. Freeborn. I would let good enough alone. But if you really want new blood, I say Italian, of course.—Mrs. Jennie Atchley. If they are doing well, let well enough alone. They may be just what you want for your locality.—H. D. Cutting. 1. If they were mine, I would intro- duce new blood, but I doubt whether their honey-gathering quality would be much improved. Their temper would. 2. The Syrians are my favorites, but as they are not in the market, I would take pure Italians.—M. Mahin. An ounce of profitable experience is worth a pound of theory. But are you sure of the correctness of the first state- ment ?—Eugene Secor. • 1. Good, healthy, new blood should be intr
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