. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 23S THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER December. All cheap queens are not inferior, but facilities and care necessary for the production of good queens are expensive. And now, we have to bid an eternal farewell, not alone to the old year, but as well to the century of our birth, and that of modern bee-keeping. In considering the merits of stock, color should be the last to receive attention. "Handsome is that handsome does," very fittingly expresses the matter. "Beauty is iDut skin deep.'' If a queen is found to be incap- able of keeping her c
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 23S THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER December. All cheap queens are not inferior, but facilities and care necessary for the production of good queens are expensive. And now, we have to bid an eternal farewell, not alone to the old year, but as well to the century of our birth, and that of modern bee-keeping. In considering the merits of stock, color should be the last to receive attention. "Handsome is that handsome does," very fittingly expresses the matter. "Beauty is iDut skin deep.'' If a queen is found to be incap- able of keeping her colony up to the standard, better pinch her and turn the combs over to a queen that will make profitable use of them. Do not condemn a queen because some or all the workers which accompany her through the mails are not marked according to your- liking. They may be no relation to her. An abundant yield of nectar in the flowers availeth nothing withr out bees to gather it. The extent of the working force depends more lai'gely upon the prolificacy of the queen than upon all else. Ihe purity of a queen is not told l)y any markings of her own, as one of our correspondents appears to think, bi;t by the markings of , her progeny. Neither is one or two bands on a drone any index of impure blood. Drones, it is said, to be of ser- vice, must reach a certain age. Now, who will enlighten us as to the minimum limit? In rearing queens early in the season, know- ledge on this point might prove of value. In the Bee-keepevH ReHtio for Oc- tober is chronicled the death of Editor Hutchinson's father, aged 8ii years; while the Western Apiary for that month mourns the death of Mrs. C. H. Gordon, wife of the editor. The Bee-keeper condoles with Brothers Hutchinson and Gordon in their sorrow. ' It is with feelings of sincere gratitude toward our many readers who, by their contribution, prompt remittances, kind words to our- selves and others, and in many other ways, have aided us in oui- earnest effor
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