THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



147 



AGAINST THE YELLOW CAKNIOLAX. 



Henry Alley, in the American Bee- 

 keeper, argues that black Carniolans will 

 very speedily develop the yellow ten- 

 dency in the race ; and, by way ofi)ro(;f, 

 he urges a trial of the experiment. He 

 says that in-breeding of black Carnio- 

 lans will develop, sooner or later, bees 

 with yellow bands. While it is true, 

 that two of the imported Carniolan 

 queens we had showed a tendency 

 toward yellow in tlieir bees, yet it seems 

 to us that, if Mr. Alley's theory were 

 correct, there would be no such thing 

 as black Carniolans at present, because 

 the yellow tendency would, years and 

 perhaps centuries ago, have obtained 

 entire predominance and there would 

 be no such thing as black Carniolans. 

 As it is, most of the Carniolans we have 

 ever seen or read about have been black. 

 — Gleanings. 



How would it be, friend Root, if the 

 yellow Carniolans are continually ex- 

 posed to a dark strain of bees? I 

 acknowledge that I cannot rear yel- 

 low bees from Carniolans without a 

 good deal of care. By selecting the 

 yellowest queens and drones we can 

 produce beautiful yellow Carniolan 

 queens and bees. While I believe the 

 dark tinge can be bred from the yellow 

 Carniolans, I do not believe the yellow 

 tinge can be bred out of the dark strain. 

 Try it, Bro. Root, and see how you can 

 make out. You all will soOn be on my 

 side of the dispute. Now I have all 

 but one of the bee-papers against ine on 

 this question, and let me here say, that 

 the paper {American Beekeeper) which 

 favors our side of the question, is the 

 only paper that has investigated the sub- 

 ject. All [)raise to the Beekeeper. The 

 editor of that new publication is not one 

 of those fellows to decide a question on 

 mere hearsav evidence. 



AN IXQUIKY. 



Can any of the readers of the Api in- 

 form us the dale of the meeting of the 

 North American Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion? It is our intention to be present 



'Tis now some over a dozen years since 

 we attended a b6e convention in Al- 

 bany, N. Y. 



JUST Sl'UKADING II15USELF. 



IIrnuy Alley :— The golden Carniolan 

 queen I received of you a little nmre tiiau 

 two weeks ajio is just spreadiiij^ herself. 

 I do not tliiniv I have ever noticed a case 

 when a youn.u; queen has fiUed the combs 

 so rapidly. I am much pleased with her. 

 F. 0. Blair, Trinidad, Colo. 



ANOTHER CASE OF YULLOW CAKXIOLAXS. 



Henry Alley: — I liave come to tlie 

 conclusion that to keep the dark Cirnio- 

 laiis trom |)ro(lucIni; yellow l)ees is some- 

 thing not easily done. I have fine yellow 

 queens from thoroughbred dark Caniiolaa 

 niotlieis. The tirst generation these ilark 

 queens produce bees with yellow bands. 

 I dislike this condition. I wanted to keep 

 dark Carniolans. But think I shall have 

 to try your "yellow Carniolans" if they 

 won't turn sonie other color in a few gen- 

 erations. How is it? I want to try the 

 Funics sooner or later, if tiiey prove 

 superior to other races. 



I believe I have discovered in this dry 

 "country" the honey producing plant 

 known to apiculture. 



Chas. L. Strickland, Peahody, Kan. 



A LARGE QUEEX. 



Bro. E. L. Pratt has a six-pound 

 queen. She arrived Sept. 20. Congrat- 

 ulations. This queen will probably 

 do more "piping" the next few months 

 than Bro. Pratt has been accustomed 

 to hear, as 'tis the lirst-born in his 

 home apiary. 



SEPTEMBER WEATHER. 



September has been the pleasantest 

 month so far this year. Very few days 

 that the bees could not go to the fields 

 and gather honey. Every queen in our 

 several apiaries has been fertilized. This 

 is a far different report than any we 

 could make for the past three years, in 

 the months of September, as it was wet 

 the entire months, and ruinous to the 

 queen business. 



Bro. A. .1 Root has succeeded in 

 safely mailing more queens to Australia. 

 Tlie last queen arrived there July 23, 

 in fine condition. 



