. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE Bi£E KEEPERS, REVIEW. 41. DANGERS OF INBREEDING. BY F. B. SIMPSON. They may not be so Great with Bees as with Higher Animals, but of this we are Uncertain. I'liiiiiis (ioiic wiiliout example, in Iheir INHRHKIiING A SUCCESS IN ESTABTJSH- ING STRAINS, ONCE IN A THOUSAND TIMES. RS a further reason why inbreeding shouhl be avoided, except experi- mentally, I will refer the reader to those excellent quotations in Mr. Getaz' article on page 362 ( Dec. Review). It will there be noted that in a very few rare cases, perhaps one man in a thousand has had
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE Bi£E KEEPERS, REVIEW. 41. DANGERS OF INBREEDING. BY F. B. SIMPSON. They may not be so Great with Bees as with Higher Animals, but of this we are Uncertain. I'liiiiiis (ioiic wiiliout example, in Iheir INHRHKIiING A SUCCESS IN ESTABTJSH- ING STRAINS, ONCE IN A THOUSAND TIMES. RS a further reason why inbreeding shouhl be avoided, except experi- mentally, I will refer the reader to those excellent quotations in Mr. Getaz' article on page 362 ( Dec. Review). It will there be noted that in a very few rare cases, perhaps one man in a thousand has had the good fortune to possess one animal in a thousand that fa%-ored the foundation of a race, breed or strain by the employ- ment of inbreeding. Races, strains and breeds having thus been founded, they were very naturally dependent upon their method of foundation for their con- tinuence; so that later breeders have found it necessary to follow in the foot- steps of their predecessors. Even assum- ing that the same laws would apply to bees, is it reasonable to ask the rank and file of bee-keepers to improve their bees by inbreeding, when we practically have not yet even obtained a well definetl breed or strain? Is it safe to put the prop- Ojition in this way, when the chances tor success are against all but the thou- SHudth man with the thousandth bee? What proportion of bee-keepers have had sufficient success in inbreeding, even the most vegetative of the domestic ani- mals, to enable them to successfully cope with the vastly more subtle and compli- cated problems concerning the individual and communal character of the bee? Inbreeding has done us remarkable service in improving our domestic ani- issue are to be feared—.SHAKi:sri:ARE, mals. The first improvement is usually obtained by crossing a highly prepotent male, with females of lower breeding, and thus less prepotent. The produce mostly resembles the male, and thus we get uni- formity. By continuing this process we even
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