. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. forbids the mingling of kindred blood without due penalty. Did she mate at home, the usual result of breeding in and in would ensue, and in a few generations the breed would perish; but by flying far away she introduces fresh blood, and her progeny is the more vigorous. Breeders of Ligurian Queens find difficulty arise in keeping up the pure breed from the frequent mesalliances of their Queens. It is said Drones will fly four miles away from home. If Drones were not bred in large numbers, how poor would be the chance of a successful ter
. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. forbids the mingling of kindred blood without due penalty. Did she mate at home, the usual result of breeding in and in would ensue, and in a few generations the breed would perish; but by flying far away she introduces fresh blood, and her progeny is the more vigorous. Breeders of Ligurian Queens find difficulty arise in keeping up the pure breed from the frequent mesalliances of their Queens. It is said Drones will fly four miles away from home. If Drones were not bred in large numbers, how poor would be the chance of a successful termination to her niajesty's excursion. Should the Queen be unsuccessful, she will go out again and again, sometimes, alas! failing to find her way back, or perhaps get picked up by a bird ; in either case, if the stock has no eggs or sufficiently young larvae, and the state of affairs be not quickly discovered and remedied by the Bee-master, the fate of the colony is settled; it dwindles and dies. If, on the contrary, the Queen returns impregnated, she in two days usually commences her maternal duties, and never more leaves home until she accompanies a swarm and founds a new family. If a Queen Bee be dissected, in her ab- dominal cavity will be found, in juxtaposition, a pair of organs called the " Ovaries " ; these are composed of a mul- titude of tubes styled the " Ovigerous Tubes," all full of eggs in every toBee. ^^^^ °f growth, from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunter, John. London, W. H. Allen
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