. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. The American. % <3fournul bcbotcb to pnctuul ^whcijpinQ* ENTERED AT TUK POST-OFFICE, WENIIAM, AS SECOND-CLASS MATTKIt. Piiblislieil Monthly. Hesrt Alley, Manager. VOL. VI. \VP:NHAM, mass., JANUARY i, 1888. No. I. We denl in apiari-1 Established in 1883. Terms; I Anv yearly PuhRcriher is en- an supplies of ;ill kinils. lowest I $ per yciir, 50 cents per six | titled' to one of our selected prices. Prompt sliipment. | niontlis, -25 cents per tiiree I queens anytime between .Tun
. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. The American. % <3fournul bcbotcb to pnctuul ^whcijpinQ* ENTERED AT TUK POST-OFFICE, WENIIAM, AS SECOND-CLASS MATTKIt. Piiblislieil Monthly. Hesrt Alley, Manager. VOL. VI. \VP:NHAM, mass., JANUARY i, 1888. No. I. We denl in apiari-1 Established in 1883. Terms; I Anv yearly PuhRcriher is en- an supplies of ;ill kinils. lowest I $ per yciir, 50 cents per six | titled' to one of our selected prices. Prompt sliipment. | niontlis, -25 cents per tiiree I queens anytime between .Tune! Send lor price list. | months. Cash in advance. | and Oct. l', by reniittinjr 50 cts. Address all communications, AMERICAN APICULTURIST, Wenham, Mass. For the A merican Apiculturist. IN-BREEDING. Dr. G. L. Tinker. Fkom the answers given to query No. oS in the November issue of the Apiculturist, by a. number of our ablest writers, it would seem that I stand almost alone in my views on this subject. However, it is evident that we have much to learn yet; tliat, as Mr. Alley so well states, it is "a question that upsets all ; That its proper solution will have a vast influence in developing the best bees of the future 1 am fully persuaded, and evervlhing bearing on this topic should 1)6 of interest. In developing a new strain of bees 1 have for the past five years devoted special attention to the effects of in-breeding and have studied the matter in all its bear- ings. I have had many queens mated to brother drones of which 1 have been certain ; so also I have had queen daughters mated to the parental drones (which latter is the worst possible cross) and in all cases have carefully noted results, and particularly the sul)seqnent crosses in this line. Hence, 1 shall give my views with some degree of confidence in my conclusions. In the first place it is plain that the objects sought in breeding a 1 superior bee are riot of the same nature as those sought in improv
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