Gleanings in bee culture . w a littleventilation. I can see no difference in the condition ofthe bees. Both ways were entirely successful;bvit there was considerable jar and jolt, andI should rather use a spring wagon and beable to travel faster. The bees were onHoffman frames, so there was no troublewith swing combs. 1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 645 THE HOFFMAN FRAME PKEFERKED. The Hoffman with a V edge is still mychoice of a frame. They stick together some-what here on cold days, and snap some onparting; but for all-around utility I havefound none better. Most apiarists have an idea that p
Gleanings in bee culture . w a littleventilation. I can see no difference in the condition ofthe bees. Both ways were entirely successful;bvit there was considerable jar and jolt, andI should rather use a spring wagon and beable to travel faster. The bees were onHoffman frames, so there was no troublewith swing combs. 1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 645 THE HOFFMAN FRAME PKEFERKED. The Hoffman with a V edge is still mychoice of a frame. They stick together some-what here on cold days, and snap some onparting; but for all-around utility I havefound none better. Most apiarists have an idea that propolisis just a shade worse in this (his own) local-ity than anywhere else. Mr. Atwater thoughthe had propolis; but the bees here cant daiibit on as ours back in Ohio did, by any means,especially toward fall and through the buck-wheat and goldenrod flows. Parma, Ida. after forty years of improvement, than he can obtain from a few pure queens selected at random, that is no proof to the contrary. Harlan, Iowa. A. N. PURE RACES vs. MIXED; NECESSITY OF BREED-ING ONLY FROM QUEENS OFKNOWN PURITY. Every now and then the statement is n adein the bee journals that hybrid bees are thebest. This may be literally true, yet be mis-leading, and 1 think you are right when yousay that only queens of known purity shouldbe used as breeuers. It is a recognized factby breeders of live stock that the first crossbetween two different breeds is often superi-or to either parent; but here the impiovementceases, and no one would think of crossingthe breeds, as experience has proved that theoffspring of these grades will be nondescript,without type or uniformity, while the breederwho uses pure-bred stock, and breeds with acertain purpose in view, is almost sure of re-sults. It is, of course, impossible to control themating of queens; but this makes it all themore important to use only the pure. It isnot necessary to discard all the mismatedqueens, as hybrids may be as good as or evenbetter than
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