. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 20, 191 1. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 397 jio iiioiv liuiu'v Iluin our sliorter-tdnsjfued lx»e^. otliLT qiuilitioatiuns. of eoiii'sc. beiiiir the smni'. Although Root closes his ailverlise- iiieiit with an '• X. B.,"' saying thai the I'aiik aud lile of begiuners have no use for such nueens, still Ihey will buy theni, and it was this class of bee-keepers that Mr Doolittle was desirous to halt. If some enterjirising queen-breeder w'ill get up a non-swarming strain, a greater benetit will lie conferred upon the bee-keeping tra- teruity than tongue-r
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 20, 191 1. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 397 jio iiioiv liuiu'v Iluin our sliorter-tdnsjfued lx»e^. otliLT qiuilitioatiuns. of eoiii'sc. beiiiir the smni'. Although Root closes his ailverlise- iiieiit with an '• X. B.,"' saying thai the I'aiik aud lile of begiuners have no use for such nueens, still Ihey will buy theni, and it was this class of bee-keepers that Mr Doolittle was desirous to halt. If some enterjirising queen-breeder w'ill get up a non-swarming strain, a greater benetit will lie conferred upon the bee-keeping tra- teruity than tongue-reach. By this improve- ment all of us. from the red clover fields to the orange lilossoms. and from buckwheat to .sage of the West, %vill jump for joy. Hurrah for long-tongued queens, for Dr. Miller aud the red clover folks! aud hurrah for l)ees that don't swarm, for " we 'uns!'' Dodge Co. (ia. F. M. Creighton. Best Honey-Flow in Years. Bees are booming on white clover, aud the honey-How is llie best we have had in years. "White clover is literally taking the country, for which I am sorry ('.). Vi'e are in sad need of foul-brood legisla- tion in this part of the State. W. T. Stephenson. 'o.,Ill.,May 31. At Work on Raspberry and Clovers. Bees are working ^ery busily rasjilierry. white clover and red clover, both clovers be- ing in bloom now. The prospect for wood is not as good as In former years, but the clovers are better. L. G. Grant Co., June '.i. Bees Will Not Eat Pasteboard. Tell Dr. Miller that bees will not eat paste- board in this country, so I lost one of the <iueens he sent me last year. The other one is doing well. Bees wintered poorly, but are doing nicely this spring. J. Kexoyek. ' Whitman .Tune ?" Are There Any Queen-Breeders?" This is the heading of an article in the Pro- gressive Bee-Keeper, by F. L Thompson, in which he says: It is about time that bee-keepers understood that queen-6r<
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