. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 524 THE BEITISH BEE JOUENAL. Nov. 10, 1921. bees, he now brings a companion with him, and in lecturing and instructing his companion he feels he is imparting knowledge to me pIso. With these six hives exposed to view I had to coax William not a little to show me the king bee. " Le me know next swarm ye has and I'll soon shew '; I did, and fol- lowed instructions, which were to take the swarm in one skep, and when all the bees were settled within to throw them out over a skep that was standing mouth downwards. The bees spread ov
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 524 THE BEITISH BEE JOUENAL. Nov. 10, 1921. bees, he now brings a companion with him, and in lecturing and instructing his companion he feels he is imparting knowledge to me pIso. With these six hives exposed to view I had to coax William not a little to show me the king bee. " Le me know next swarm ye has and I'll soon shew '; I did, and fol- lowed instructions, which were to take the swarm in one skep, and when all the bees were settled within to throw them out over a skep that was standing mouth downwards. The bees spread over the whole skep and William began peering around. " There 'e be," he shouted as he pointed to a luscious- looking drone. " Now the queen'll be quite close," and true enough she was. " Now stick 'em inside the skep and see the rest ; They did, of course, and would have done so without the '; However, William soon sootted the leading drone of the swarm, and therefore proved to his satisfac- tion that there was a king bee. I do not think it matters much in successful apiculture whether we can or cannot locate a " king ; What does matter is that we make some effort to produce premier drones. Who would place a lazy or indifferent cockerel to mate a pen of first-class hens ? Rather would one place a first-class bird with second-class hens, feeling assured that the progeny would be strengthened and that the pullets from the mating would mainly follow the virility of their sire. Better still, if both sire and darn are first class. Drone breeding, then, should be taken in hand, not left to chance. Whilst encouraging the development of drones, one should also take care that the virgin queens which are allowed to mate are the descendants of virile mothers, but, failing this, better ensure that the males in your apiary are drones A, even if your virgins are not of the best, than allowing things to drift to mongrel- ism. Of cour
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