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have attained. All these fancies being 

 laughed out of court, Mr. Darwin next 

 comes forward to try his hand. 



To be brief, I have the following ob- 

 jections to offer to Darwinism : 



1st. There is not a single example on 

 record, either living or fossil, of the un- 

 doubted deprivation of one species from 

 another. 



2nd. The wide distinction existing be- 

 tween the different species proves dis- 

 tinct origins. 



3rd. All hybrids are either sterile, or 

 have but a limited fertility, and progeny 

 either becoming extinct or reverting to 

 one of the parental types. 



4th. It is defective, in that it can give 

 no account of three of the most impor- 

 tant facts of living beings, especially of 

 human beings, namely : 



1. The beginning of life. 



2. The beginning of reason. 



3. The beginning of the religious 

 sense. 



Read " Scientific Sophisms," by Wain- 

 right. 

 Canon City, Colo. 



[Of course, a full discussion of the 

 Darwinian theory of evolution would be 

 entirely out of place in a bee-paper, but 

 as Bro. Dadant was permitted to have 

 his " say" on the subject, it is no more 

 than fair that Bro. Teraplin should re- 

 ply. So this will be a good place to 

 stop, so far as the Bee Jouknal is con- 

 cerned. 



If desired, those who wish to do so 

 can carry on the discussion by private 

 correspondence, or in periodicals pub- 

 lished in the interest of philosophical 

 research. — Editor.] 



Science Of Mating Queens Discoyerel. 



Written for tlie American Bee Journal 

 BY B. S. RUSSELL. 



I have read, on page 144, Mr. Arm- 

 strong's most able article on non-swarm- 

 ing strains of bees. The above topic is 

 beyond all doubt the great missing link 

 to successful bee-culture, and the char- 

 acteristics of all bees must continue to 

 be very uncertain, and partially devel- 

 oped, until this link is supplied, and 

 thoroughly understood, whereby any 

 desired characteristic may be surely and 

 fully developed. 



Mr. Armstrong very truly avers that 



the person solving this most important 

 mystery will confer as great a favor to 

 bee-culture as did Father Langstroth in 

 giving us the movable frame. Yet I ask, 

 is he not even greater by solving a more 

 important problem — one that not only 

 has puzzled the venerable Father, but 

 also all the wise bee-men of the earth *? 

 and shall he not be crowned king of 

 kings when he shall have given to the 

 world the solution? If so, all hands 

 up ! 



I will add that I am not yet authorized 

 to give either the formula, or name of 

 my friend, but I will state that as Christ 

 usually chose teachers of his wisdom 

 from the ranks of the poor fishermen 

 and bee-hunters, so I fully believe He 

 has done in this instance, in the person 

 of a poor, illiterate, old, but very wise, 

 bee-master of Indiana, who, a few days 

 since, gave me a statement of the sim- 

 ple formula by which any bee-keeper of 

 ordinary knowledge in queen-rearing is 

 enabled to see, with his own eyes, his 

 queens fertilized, and with drones of his 

 own selection, with much less fussing or 

 trouble than other domesticated live 

 stock. 



Now, then, if this is a fact, of which I 

 have not a doubt, shall not the spring of 

 1894 be the date of a new era in bee- 

 culture throughout the world, with new 

 and redoubled enthusiasm in the breast 

 of every queen-bi'eeder and bee-keeper ? 

 And what may we not expect in the near 

 future, by this great revolution ? And 

 how shall we properly reward this 

 greatest benefactor of our industry? 

 This is the main question at this time, 

 and seems a very proper one to be pre- 

 sented to the " Query Department" for 

 solution. The discovery should not, and 

 could not, be protected by patent, but 

 will be given to the world at once if a 

 liberal reward is pledged the donor when 

 the fact shall have been proven in a 

 satisfactory manner. 



Zionsville, Ind. 



FeeteBeesatllieToiioftlieHl7e,Elc. 



Written for tlie American Bee Journal 



BY C. E. MEAD. 



On page 73, F. N. G. of Guthrie, 

 Okla. Ter., asks how to feed bees at the 

 entrance. Dr. Miller answers that 

 completely. But why feed at the en- 

 trance, and perhaps start robbing and 

 have to wait for warm weather? Feed 

 at the top ! With a wooden feeder and 

 a tin reservoir, with the sides waxed so 



