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I sliould loiif;: ajJfo li;ivt> used thoin as a 

 cliicf factor in t'stahlisliinn- a strain. 

 Italians have ncxci' prdxcd all 1 de- 

 sired. lliou;^li 1 liavc had (ineens t'roiu 

 ala'nad and fnini iiearlx' all the lead- 

 in:;' American bri-eders. Some of the 

 li.i^lit colored strains winch were vi;r- 

 orous. ioiijj,- lived .and ]irolilic were too 

 u.i;ly to lie sale. In srveral cases I 

 strongly suspi'cted their iirolilicness 

 :ind loii.u lite were due to an adnnx- 

 tiu'e of Syrian blood, which also ac- 

 counted for their tcMnper. Quiet in 

 (|uiry satisfied me of the correctness 

 of tld-: supposition. 



\\'lier(> strains wen* undoubtedly 

 pure they lacked in vi.uor and thrift. 

 They were u'ood in tlndr way. but re- 

 • piired too much nursing;. c(Kldlin.i4, 

 feeding', transposing of biood etc. to 

 suit me at all; and they too readily 

 succundied to the cold stoinis. late m 

 the spring; nn occurrence so common 

 on the NeAV Knyiand coast as to be 

 reckoned on as a certainty. 



Now and then a pure" colony 

 would show e.\cei)tional vi.uor, y-er 

 "bi.u," stay "Ijif?," and produce "bij;.'" 

 Such coloines were always of long 

 lived bees. I kept watch of such 

 stocks, bred from them, and tried to 

 maintain them, but they did not keep 

 up to the avei-ai;-e. The nixv limit rai>- 

 idly fell. 



CYPRIAN AND C.A.RNIOI,AN BLOOD MAY 

 IMPROVE A STRAIN. 



Then I b(>t;;in crossing in the Carnio- 

 lans, and later, th(> ('yi)rians. In a 

 general way there was improvement 

 all along the line, although there was 

 !' striking lack of uiuformity in many 

 traits, but age limit rose at once. Then 

 beg.an that endless task of culling and 

 selecting, testing and introducing new 

 blcMKl. It is both fascinating and tan- 

 talizing. 



For the beneht of those who wish 

 to raise the standard of their stock I 



would urge the crossing in of Cyprian 

 and ("arniolan blood. The proportion 

 of each must be determined by e.xiieri- 

 mei.:. 



I have found the ('yi»rlan most valu- 

 able. <";irniolan blood does not always 

 help temper even though in their pur- 

 ity the ("arniolans an> the gentlest bees 

 known. I do not understand why this 

 is so. but only know it is so. 



I'm'e ("yiu'ians I handle bare-faced 

 and bai'e handed and seldom use 

 smoke. 



The longei' lived tlu> bees the ensier 

 the colony gets big and the more oco- 

 i.onuncally it stays so and the more 

 jadlitable it is. 



Providence, K. I.. Maich 3, 19(X{. 



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Flint, Michigan, July 10, 1903 



Mrs. Louis II. Scholl of Hunter, 

 Texas, has been a[tpolnted to the posi- 

 tion of Assistant Entomologist at the 

 A. iV: M. College, at College Station. 

 Texas, to take the place of Mr. Wil- 

 inon Newell, who has resigned to take 

 the place of Assistant State Entomol- 

 ogist of Georgia. Mr. Scholl Jilready 

 had charge of the exp(>rinient apiary 

 at the college and we can all re.joici- 



