Queens Duplicating Themselves. 



This subject should now be thoroughly 

 discussed, tested, and settled. Friend 

 Moon has sent us the following proposition, 

 which should be accepted by those who 

 claim that pure queens will invariably du- 

 plicate themselves in their queen progeny. 

 Friend Moon says : 



Rome, Ga., Aug. 14, 1878. 



Our remarks in the American Bee 

 Journal tor August, about queens dupli- 

 cating themselves as to color, in their 

 queen progeny, has caused quite a sensa- 

 tion with some queen-breeders. They liave 

 written us that tliey have queens tliat will 

 duplicate tliemselves every time in their 

 queen progeny. Mr. Editor, its barely 

 possible that ttiey have some of friend Gra- 

 venhorst's " Princesses." We certainly 

 hope so. Wliile we claim to breed the 

 Italian bee in all its purity, and as tine as 

 are raised in tliis country, we must confess, 

 that if any of our friends have got such 

 qiieens, they are certainly ahead of us. — 

 We were once taught that '• it is not all 

 gold that glitters ;" so we think of queen 

 rearing. We will now make the following 

 proposition : 



To the person who will send to the Editor 

 of the American Bee Journal, a pure 

 Italian queen, that will duplicate herself 

 every time, as to color in her queen progeny 

 — we will send two good colonies of pure 

 Italian bees. 



THE TEST. 



The Editor, to whom the queens are to be 

 sent, shall raise twelve queens from the 

 queen sent, and in case the twelve are all of 

 a uniform color, a fac simile of their 

 mother,— the person sending such queen 

 shall receive, from us, two pure colonies of 

 Italian bees. 



In case they are not all alike and of uni- 

 form color, the one accepting the challenge 

 shall send to the Editor, for. his trouble, five 

 pure, tested queens. Let those who have 

 these princesses now come to the front, or 

 haul in their flags. A. F. Moon. 



21^" At the Burlington Convention we 

 were awarded a " Cyprian " queen, to be 

 sent us by Mr. Haines. He sent four— three 

 ■were received dead and returned, and the 

 -one that was received alive is a vile 

 ^'hybrid," which we also returned ; her 

 presence in our apiary was offensive— all 

 «lse being pure. She was of tine appear- 

 ance, and in last month's Journal we 

 called her "Italian," assuming her "inno- 

 cent till proved guilty" by her progeny.— 

 If Mr. Haines has any pure stock, we have 

 yet to learn the fact. We have received 

 many complaints of the vile trash he is 

 sending out. A mistake may sometimes be 

 made by the best of us, but we fear the 

 greatest mistake yet made, was to give 

 credence to any of his statements. 



I^^The Minnesota State Agricultural 

 Society will hold their Twentieth Annual 

 Fair at Saint Paul, on September 2d, 3d, 4, 

 5th, 6th, and 7th. We acknowledge an 

 invitation to be present, but shall not be 

 able to attend. We hope honey-producers 

 will have a good Honey Show there. 



SI^" Friend W. H. Ware, of Bayou Goula, 

 La., suggests that the time for Reports to 

 be sent in for the South, should be extended 

 to Dec. 1st, so as to include the year's 

 business in that region. Accordingly, we 

 extend the time for the Southern States to 

 Nov. 15th, when we hope full reports will 

 be sent in. 



JI^" Bingham and Hetherington have 

 made an addition to their Honey Knives. — 

 It consists of a tin back, fastened to the 

 Knife by a wire clasp hitching into the 

 holes, as seen in the cut. This movable- 



back is intended to hold all the cappings 

 on the knife, and is to be used by those 

 who lay the comb flat on a table when un- 

 capping. Others can take it off in an 

 instant and use it without. We have just 

 been using it, and find that it works like a 

 cliarm. The beveled edges facilitate the 

 use of the Knife, and are quite an advan- 

 tage, saving both time and labor. 



E^"By the Bee-Keepers' Magazine for 

 August, we learn that friend A. J. King's 

 health is still very poor. So much so that 

 he is unable to attend to business. He re- 

 marks that the business of the office he has 

 placed into good hands. We hope he will 

 soon recover. 



Itg^ Friend Martin's small honey pack- 

 age, advertised on another page, is a nice 

 thing— and will sell lots of honey to chil- 

 dren. It is a novelty— and a blessing at the 

 same time, as it gives the children healthy 

 sweets in place of the poisonous candy sold 

 by confectioners. 



1^ The Sorrento Saw for attachi;ig to any 

 sewing machine, advertised in another 

 column, is a nice thing, and may be seen in 

 our Museum. 



