. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 141 •.,:,'^^^^ race. I found that I coukl l)reed the color all rii^hf. but the chor- acteristic's zccrc lost, for the blacker I got them the more like the pure black race with the same char- acteristics they be- came. I am not sat- with that test until I can select my dark queens and dark drones from a strain of knozcn purity, and take them where they will surely mate together. I will not give it up, for I can breed you nice three- banded bees of known purity that will shake off the combs and handle in many ways like the p
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 141 •.,:,'^^^^ race. I found that I coukl l)reed the color all rii^hf. but the chor- acteristic's zccrc lost, for the blacker I got them the more like the pure black race with the same char- acteristics they be- came. I am not sat- with that test until I can select my dark queens and dark drones from a strain of knozcn purity, and take them where they will surely mate together. I will not give it up, for I can breed you nice three- banded bees of known purity that will shake off the combs and handle in many ways like the pure black bees, but they are not as irritable or nervous. I know that there are some who have bred bees as to color most beautiful to look at, 1iut in all those l>eautiful colonies of bees that I ha\e had, not one came up to the dark col- onies as to gathering- honey. /;/ all fancy stock there is so much to sacrifice for The House the Bees Built for D, Ansuish. HEREDITV. Here hangs our success or failure in selecting a breeding queen. For a few years I bred from the queen that gave me the largest yield of honey, but I found that was not a good rule to go by, as some of those zrry best queens for honey proved to be poor breeders. In fact, I test every one, and have often been disappointed in them. Rut, when you do get one of those high flyers that is a good breeder you have got a price. My best l)reeders are always above the axerage on honey gath- ering. I test every breeder by rearing a few queens from her, being- sure to number each ciuecn l)y her mother's numl)cr. This way: No. 5S-1, No. r)S--2, and so on up. Xow if I ha\'e a voung queen whose work looks promising I rear a few queens from her and number. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original National Bee-keepers' Association. [Flint
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