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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



many generations do you suppose it 

 would require to produce the most 

 beautiful golden Carniolan bees? See 

 the point? Now, in view of these 

 facts, would it be a strong argument, 

 or any argument at all, as to that 

 matter for anyone to say that all my 

 young Carniolan queens went two 

 miles and met Italian drones? Had 

 but few of the several hundred queens 

 I reared produced yellow bees, I could 

 accept this theory, that they were 

 fertilized by yellow drones. I am cer- 

 tain not one of the young queens mated 

 with any but a black Carniolan drone. 



With my experience with Carniolan 

 bees I claim and strongly assert that 

 the Carniolan race or strain of bees is 

 the original yellow race. I have given 

 ample proof that this is the case. Now 

 let me give my friends who say there 

 is no such thing as yellow Carniolan 

 bees a nut to crack. During the season 

 1 was producing dark Carniolan queens 

 an order was received for six queens. 

 Three Carniolans fertilized by Italian 

 drones and three Italians fertilized by 

 Carniolan drones. Of course I expect- 

 ed the bees to be marked about half 

 and half. This was not so. The bees 

 from both queens were beautiful Ital- 

 ians. There were no dark bees in any 

 of the hives. Any bee-keeper can 

 produce results stated above. Just try 

 it, and then you will not consider the 

 writer as much of a fraud as some peo- 

 ple would have you believe. 



'Tis queer that the dealers in dark 

 Carniolans assert that there should be 

 no yellow bees from a pure dark ( larni- 

 olan queen, yet there is not a dealer in 

 dark Carniolans who can produce a 

 queen whose worker progeny are not 

 more or less "striped." 1 have had 



queens of all the breeders: Lowmaster, 

 Dr. Morrison, Pratt, and others. 



Allow me one word concerning the 

 yellow Carniolan bees. They possess 

 all the good traits of the dark Carnio- 

 lan race, and what is a good thing we 

 have had no swarms from them up to 

 date, while all others in our yard have 

 attempted to swarm The golden Car- 

 niolans are a handsomer bee than the 

 Italians ; very industrious and gentle. 

 They work when other bees do not 

 venture out. Have seen them working 

 in a rain storm. 



To introduce these queens, I propose 

 to give away ten fine queens the first 

 week in July, to the first ten responsi- 

 ble bee-keepers who apply for them, 

 after this reaches the eyes of the read- 

 ers of the American Bee-Keeper. 



Wenhani, M<m. 



The King Bird. 



As there has not been much written 

 on the above subject I will give a few 

 facts that have come under my obser- 

 vation in regard to the ravages of this 

 bird upon the honey bee. It is per- 

 haps not generally known that he does 

 not catch thorn for food but for the 

 honey that is contained within them, 

 for he will catch a few and when he 

 has extracted the sweet he will eject 

 them from his craw and is then ready 

 for more. I saw one of them recently 

 on a post, and upon examination found 

 the remains of about a half dozen 

 \n'v> that he had just caught and from 

 which he had extracted the honey. 



Geo. Bacon. 



We can not be sure of a good honey 

 crop, but we should be certain to be 

 "all ready " should kind Providence 

 send it alon°\ 



