. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 336 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. Department of riticism CONDUCTED BY R. L. The best critics are they Who, with what they gainsay, Offer another and better way. VIRGIN QUEENS AND THE OF DRONE-COMB. COMPROMISE- DECISIONS NOT DE- SI RABI^E. Hasty (American Beejotirnal, 663), re- ferrinfj to my questioning the correctness of Dadant's assertion that swarms with virgin queens do not buikl worker comlj until the queens begin to lay, dignifies the matter by calling it that puzzle of Dr. Dadant vs. Dr. Taylor, and says he would solve it thus: &quo
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 336 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. Department of riticism CONDUCTED BY R. L. The best critics are they Who, with what they gainsay, Offer another and better way. VIRGIN QUEENS AND THE OF DRONE-COMB. COMPROMISE- DECISIONS NOT DE- SI RABI^E. Hasty (American Beejotirnal, 663), re- ferrinfj to my questioning the correctness of Dadant's assertion that swarms with virgin queens do not buikl worker comlj until the queens begin to lay, dignifies the matter by calling it that puzzle of Dr. Dadant vs. Dr. Taylor, and says he would solve it thus: "If the bees merely spare the virgin queen, but in their hearts do not accept her, then they will build drone-comb or none. If she is heartily accepted they will build no drone-comb unless they want some for other ; The solution is not satisfactory. The swarms are supposed to have their own queens, and they are seldom dissatisfied with them; so seldom that the proposed solution does not meet tlie case. The solution looks to me like a sample of that sort or writing of which we see so much in one or two of our journals, evincing a disposition to prevent the decision of a question from having any decided fea- tures—to so manipulate it that neither side will appear to be in the wrong and no one's dignity lowered. This is most pernicious. Truth is everything; the in- dividual nothing. Over the latter the waves of time will soon close with not a ripple to mark the place where he disap- peared, but truth, though crushed to earth, remains immortal; and one can have no higher duty than to assist it to its feet and to dispel the mists that hang about it. [While I believe that comrade Hasty was honest in his view of the matter, and had no disposition to try and patch up the matter so that both would appear to be right, I agree with our Critic as to the folly of trying to smooth things over and make it appear that both parties to a con- troversy are correct—unless thej^
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