. Advanced bee-culture, its methods and management. Bees. 32 ADVANCED BP:E CULTURE. use. If the bees of any colony prove vindictive, re-iiil(lers, or caj) their honey poorly, destroy the (iiiei^n and jifive them another. Do the same if they build larjji-e (juantities of "l)race-combs," or if they are unduly given to swarminjj:, or if they are poor honev j^atherers, or do not winter well. On the other hand, the desirable traits should be watched for and recorded, and queens reared from the (lueens of such colonies. Care oujjht also to be taken that no drones are reared, or allowed to
. Advanced bee-culture, its methods and management. Bees. 32 ADVANCED BP:E CULTURE. use. If the bees of any colony prove vindictive, re-iiil(lers, or caj) their honey poorly, destroy the (iiiei^n and jifive them another. Do the same if they build larjji-e (juantities of "l)race-combs," or if they are unduly given to swarminjj:, or if they are poor honev j^atherers, or do not winter well. On the other hand, the desirable traits should be watched for and recorded, and queens reared from the (lueens of such colonies. Care oujjht also to be taken that no drones are reared, or allowed to fly, from undesirable stock, and pains taken to rear them in gfoodly numbers from the best stocks in the apiary. By pursuing this course, the bee-keeper will eventually build up a strain of bees that will be peaceable, hardy, good honey gatherers, and good comb builders. Well-directed efforts at improving his stock, carefully watching and recording the traits of each colony, getting rid of poor (|ueens and keeping the best, perhaps buying queens occasionally and comparing their progeny with the stock already on hand, always breeding from the best, such a course as this will i)rove the most i)rofitable of any which a bee-keeper can pursue. The wonder is that it is so grt-atl\ 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 Hutchinson, William Z. , 1851-1911. Flint, Mich. , The Review Print
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