June 27, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOUPNAL. 



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are likely lobe ijreater itt iiuuilier, it not in 

 decree. You have seen children with the 

 appearance of the father and the disposition 

 of the mother — the outer characteristics of 

 one parent and the inner ciualities of the 

 other. One child may inherit the weakness 

 of the father and the strength of the mother: 

 another may receive the endowment of the 

 unfortunate, the imperfections of both; while 

 one in ten thousand may unite in himself all 

 the rood gifts which both his parents could 

 transmit. These choice products of fortunate 

 unions are the hope of the human race; 

 among the domestic animals they are the seed 

 and the secret of progress and improvement. 



The great breeders of cattle, horses and 

 sheep recognized these facts, and realized 

 that it they would improve their stock they 

 must breed toward an ideal. To be able to 

 predict results, they must be able, in a meas- 

 ure, to control conditions. This control of 

 conditions in breeding means nothing less 

 than to control the mating of the animals. 

 Without such control there can be no system- 

 atic progress in breeding. The intelligent 

 breeder must know his animals, their weak 

 points, as well as their characteristics of 

 strength, and he must bring such animals 

 together as will neutralize each other's de- 

 fects, and accentuate the points of superiority. 



I have spoken of heredity and ot what is 

 called variation. These are the fundamentals 

 in breeding. Heredity determines the type. 

 It holds to what has been gained. It declares 

 that the young shall be what the parents are. 

 Variation provides for progress. It does not 

 annul the law of heredity. It supplants it 

 and makes possible the improvements we 

 hope for. just as it has made possible the 

 development that has brought all organized 

 animal and vegetable life to its present stage. 

 Heredity is conservative, holding to the doc- 

 trine that it is better to retain what is good 

 than to run the risk of spoiling it by strug- 

 gling toward the unknown. Variation is not 

 satistied. It insists on making experiments. 

 It has built the breeds. 



The breeder has his evil genius. Heredity, 

 or conformity to type, is at the bottom of his 

 business. Given the breed or type suited to 

 the man and the situation, and heredity will 

 keep it substantially as it finds it. Given a 

 man who is a real breeder, and he will take 

 advantage of heredity and variation, and im- 

 prove his animals by selection, by In-and-in 

 breeding, by cross-breeding, and by feeding 

 and care. All the while he must guard against 

 his evil genius, which the wise men call 

 atavism or reversion. Every observant 

 breeder has seen its effects. It is also called 

 '■ breeding back," " crying back," " throwing 

 back," and other self-e.\plaining names. 



Some otyou, no doubt, have supposed that 

 I would speak ot breeding bees or breeding 

 queens. How could I, knowing nothing on 

 the subject '. To open the subject for discus- 

 sion, let me ask a few questions, first remind- 

 ing you that I have already called attention 

 to the necessity of controlling conditions in 

 breeding. 



There are many who advertise tested 

 queens and inire queens of the several well- 

 known strains, and I believe that there are 

 some who advertise pedigreed queens. Do 

 you know any breeder who controls the mat- 

 ing of his queens '. Do you know any one 

 who can say with confidence that his queens 

 have been fertilized by strong, healthy 

 drones from colonies that are "successful 

 honey-producers * Or, is it true that the 

 breeding of bees is practically natural > Is 

 it true, as I in my ignorance have been led to 

 suspect, that the breeders of queens for the 

 market are not true breeders at all — that they 

 are not sure of the ancestry ot the queens 

 they sell, and know nothing ot the mating < 

 Is it possible to control the breeding ot bees 

 and provide a pedigree that will be a trust- 

 worthy record along both male ami female 

 lines ; — Read by D. W. Wchikixg. at the 

 Colorado .State Convention. 



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Improved Golden and Leather-colored - Ital- 

 ians are what H. G. QUIRIN rears. 



We have one of Roofs best long^-tongued Red- 

 Clover Breeders from their $200 queen, and a 

 Golden Breeder from Doolittle,who says if there 

 is a BREEDER of trolden bees in the U.S. worUi 

 $100, this one is worth that sum. The above 

 breeders have been added to our already im- 

 proved strain of queens for the coming- season. 



J. L. Gandv, of Uumboldt, Nebr., wrote us on 

 Aug-. 5tb, 19{M), saying- that the colony having- 

 one of our queens had already stored over 400 

 pounds of honey (mostly comb); he states that 

 he is certain that our bees work on Red Clover, 

 as they were the only kind in his locality and 

 apiary. 



A. I. Root's folks say that our queens are 

 extra fine, while the editor of the American Bee 

 Journal tells us that he has g-ood reports from 

 our queens from lime to time. We have files 

 upon files of unsolicited testimonials. 



After considering- the above evidence, need 

 you wonder why our orders have increased each 

 year? Give us a trial order and be pleased. We 

 have years of experience in mailing and rearing 

 queens. Safe delivery will be guaranteed, and 

 instructions for introducing sent with each lot 

 of queens. 



QUEENS NOW READY TO MAIL. 

 Prices after July ist: 



1 6 12 



Selected $ .75 $ 4.00 $ 7.00 



Tested l.i.>0 5.00 9.00 



Selected tested 1.50 8 00 



Extra selected tested, the 



best that money can buy, 3.00 



Folding Cartons, with your address printed 

 on in two colors, $4.00 per 1,000; 500 for $2.75. 



Address all orders to 



H. G. QUIRIN, Parkertown, Ohio, 



(Parkertown is a Money-Order Office.) 

 By contract this ad. will appear twice per 

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 goods at wholesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save y(JU freight, and ship promptly. Market price 



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DO YOU WANT A HIGH GRADE OF 



Italian Bees and (Jneens? 



j.frame ^ucreus with Untested Queen, $2.00, 

 purchaser paying express charges. 



Naperville, 111., May 28, 1901. 



De.^rSik: — Bees arrived in g'ood codditioa. 

 Transferred them to hive and ^ave them honey. 

 Have reinforced them with hatching brood. 

 Are working when not too cold. Have right 

 color, and are satisfactory. D. B. Givlek. 



I like your way of packing bees to express. 

 E. K. Meredith, Batavia, 111. 



Months July and August. 



Number of Queens 1 6 12 



Golden Queens. 



Untested $.90 $4.50 $8.00 



Tested 1.2S 6.50 10.00 



SelectTested 2.00 9.00 16 00 



Breeders S.OO 



Honey Queens. 



Untested $.90 $4.50 $8.00 



Tested 1.25 6 50 10.00 



SelectTested 1.50 7.00 13.no 



Safe arrival guaranteed. Descriptive price- 

 list free. D. J. BLOCMER, Pearl City, III. 



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Chicago, June 19.— New comb honey has not 

 yet reached this market. It would sell at 15@ 

 Kic if choice white, and the ambers at 12@13c. 

 The market is entirely bare with exception of a 

 few cases of a lot that we had held for us, ex- 

 pecting it would be needed. Advices are that 

 shipments will be started by July 1. Very little 

 trading is being done in extracted, as large 

 dealers will not contract this season unless at 

 low figures; some sales of amber have been 

 made at 4!HS(ai5c for early autumn delivery; 

 white is held at 5>ic. Beeswax sells at 30c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Detroit, June 8. — Strawberries are taking 

 the attention, and very few sales of honey are 

 made, but prices seem to keep up on good' lots. 

 Beeswax in fair demand at 2~id'Z'<c, 



M. H. Hunt & Son. 



Cincinnati, May 17.— No demand for comb 

 honey, also stock of it well exhausted. Ex- 

 tracted very dull; sales are more or less forced; 

 lower prices from J4 to 1 cent per pound. 



C. H. W. Weber. 



Boston, June 14.— There is practically no 

 comb honey in our market, and owing to warm 

 weather very little call for it. Are expecting 

 some new comb early next month. Market for 

 extracted dull, at (}ii@~Hc. 



Blake, Scott & Lbb. 



Omaha, May 1. — Comb honey, extra white, 

 24-frame cases, per case, $3.40; No. 1, $3.25; am- 

 ber, $3.00. Peycke Bros. 



New York, June 1.— Extracted honey is ex 

 ceedingly dull and very little moving. Wequote 

 for the present: White, 65^(S 7c; light amber, 

 55^(a>6c; amber, sas'.ic. Some demand for comb 

 honey at unchanged prices. New crop is now 

 beginning to arrive from the South, and sells at 

 from 12(2il5c, according to rjuality and style. 

 Beeswax, 29c. Hildreth & Skqelkbn. 



Albany, N. Y., June IS.— Honey market is 

 dull with no receipts or stocks and little de- 

 mand. It is between seasons now. Prospect of 

 good crop in this vicinity from what bees there 

 are left, the greater portion having been killed 

 by foul brood exterminators. H. R. Wright. 



Buffalo, June 14.— No demand at all. Few 

 old lots here almost unsalable. When new is 

 ready it will sell moderatelv well at fair ooen- 

 ing prices. Batterson & Co. 



Kansas City, June 14.— Very little old honey 

 on our market but what is damaged by being 

 granulated. Sales are light at IS cents'for best 

 grade No. 1 Colorado. Amber, 13c. Beeswax 

 firm at 25(3)300. 



W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemons A Co. 



San Francisco, June S.— White comb, 11K@ 

 12>^ cents; amber, 9@n.ic; dark, 6@s cents. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 5@0c; light amber, 4@4Hc; 

 amber, 3J^@4c. Beeswax, 26@28c. 



Dealers are very bearish in their ideas, but 

 are not securing much honey at the prices they 

 name. In a small way to special trade an ad- 

 vance on quotations is being realized. 



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