. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 'HELPfammS FOR NOVICES' ^.-^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^r^ QUEEN-REARING AND INTRODUCTION. (Continued from page 155.) The rearing of queens is so fascinating that in the enthusiasm of carrying it out the beekeeper is liable to forget the opposite sex, which to-day is recognised as being quite as important as the mother. In the not very distant past the rearing of the drone was left to chance, so that often the best queens were mated to scrub drones, thus nullifying good work. He was looked upon as a lazy fellow, not worth atte
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 'HELPfammS FOR NOVICES' ^.-^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^r^ QUEEN-REARING AND INTRODUCTION. (Continued from page 155.) The rearing of queens is so fascinating that in the enthusiasm of carrying it out the beekeeper is liable to forget the opposite sex, which to-day is recognised as being quite as important as the mother. In the not very distant past the rearing of the drone was left to chance, so that often the best queens were mated to scrub drones, thus nullifying good work. He was looked upon as a lazy fellow, not worth attention; in fact, almost as a parasite, which, as is well known, are produced in prodigious numbers, both in the Animal and Human Kingdoms, and, because they are not wanted, survive all attempts to exterminate them, while the really valuable stock requires much attention to breed and bring to maturity. Where to-day is the owner of a good milking strain of cows who does not realise the value of the sire in improving milk production? The fabulous sums paid for bulls, often mediocre in points so far as beef production goes, from noted milking herds prove the value now placed on the father by those men who have learned in the school of experience. Yet not many years ago the man who dared to suggest that a bull could have any influence in transmitting milking qualities would have been laughed to scorn. The characteristics transmitted by the sexes are generally apportioned as follows : ^Queen, working qualities and constitution; Drone, disposition. My own experience is that although temper is dependent almost entirely upon the father it is just as important to have the other qualities in the drone as well as in the queen; in the latter I would seek as much for a quiet disposition as in the male. From this it will be understood that a stock vicious in temper should on no account be allowed to rear drones, or a vile-tempered lot of bees will populate the apiary. Vicious bees are good wor
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