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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



The Family the Bees Raised for D. Anguish. 



them, and in doin.i;- this I have gained a :cholc year on this queen 

 as a breeder. 



Yon have all noticed certain colonies that have as many bees 

 in the hives as other colonies that have a third more brood. Further- 

 more, those same colonies keep their numbers steadily increasing, 

 while the other colonies came to a standstill. This trait of longevity 

 is separate from hardiness, and should not be confounded with it. 

 If bees do not show length of life in the working season, over other 

 colonies, we will not know that they i)ossess this most valuable 

 trait. 



If you will take a frame of brood from these best bees and put 

 it into a colony of black bees, or any inferior colony as to color, 

 keeping a careful record when the last bees hatch, and when the 

 last bees disappear, of these bees that you are testing, you will 

 surely know, if in the working season, that you are right. Xo race 

 of bees shows the trait or characteristic of hardiness like the black 

 or German bee, to my knowledge. 



RANGZ: or FLIGHT. 



We must watch our bees to learn their range of flight. It will 

 surprise some to know that some colonies in the same apiary fly 

 less than half the distance that other colonies do. These are facts, 



