. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 388 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. June 2, 1904. bees. Compare the matter of time. A queenbeeis as mature when two weeks old as a heiter at two years. Several generations of queens can be bred in a year, against one generation of cows in several years. There is now a marked difference In the swarming propensities of dif- ferent colonies of bees; why can not that difference be further inten- sified by selection? Suppose A and B start with the same strain of . bees, B breeding constantly from those colonies most given to swarm- ing, while B takes the opposit
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 388 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. June 2, 1904. bees. Compare the matter of time. A queenbeeis as mature when two weeks old as a heiter at two years. Several generations of queens can be bred in a year, against one generation of cows in several years. There is now a marked difference In the swarming propensities of dif- ferent colonies of bees; why can not that difference be further inten- sified by selection? Suppose A and B start with the same strain of . bees, B breeding constantly from those colonies most given to swarm- ing, while B takes the opposite course; is not A likely to have more swarming at the end of five years than B?. Miscellaneous items Mrs. G. C. Greiner, of Niagara Co., N. Y., died recently after a long illness from an incurable stomach trouble. Mr. Greiner will have the sincerest sympathy of all bee-keepers in his bereavement and loss. .••.-•••- The Third Annual Report of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association is ready for delivery. It is an illustrated pamphlet of over 16U pages, and will be mailed to any one on receipt of 15 cents. Order ol the secretary, Jas. A. Stone, Route 4, Springfield, 111. 3Ir. Leo F. Hanegan, the general manager of the St. Croix Valley Honey-Producers' Association, of Wisconsin, wrote us appre- ciatively as follows. May 23: Editor York :—It is hard to get bee-keepers to understand that they must read plenty of current literature on bee-keeping in order to be successful. The main trouble, I think, is that too many of us are too easily satisfied. Our Association now represents about 3000 colonies of bees, or, with an average crop, fully two cars of honey. Comb honey is pro- duced here mostly. , , , .. t. The American Bee .Journal is to me an absolute necessity. It comes regularly, and is always full of valuable information. The Chicago-Northwestern report was worth to any one fully a year's sub- scriptfon 1 should like very much to see that report in the hands of ev
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