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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



What D. R. Hardy's Three-Year Old Queen Did. 

 STOCK OF D. B. HABBV. 



I will tell you of one bee-keeper that has bred the Caniiolan- 

 Italian crosses along the same or similar lines that the writer has. 

 You would not know that there was much Carniolan blood in them. 

 They are nice bees to handle; tliat is, most of them are. 



I have a queen from this apiary at least one-third Carniolan. 

 mated in my own yard and it would take an expert to tell what 

 the colony was. Italians and good ones the most of bee-keepers 

 would call them. This bee-keeper is Mr. D. R. Hardy, Bur's Mills, 

 N. Y. I bring this up to show you that there is a great Held for 

 breeding bees. These bees are wonders for honey, and the only 

 reason I discarded the Carniolan crosses was because of too much 

 inclination to swarm. But will say that in testing four strains the 

 past season, that it opened my eyes some, what the Hardy bees did 

 in 1911. It was pleasing to notice what Mr. Hardy has done in a 

 few vears bv selecting: in breeding', as he has had to select for color. 



THE STOCK I STARTED WITH. 



I got the first good Italian (jueen from L. H. Rol)ey and she 

 I^roved such a wonderful queen that I reared a number of queens 

 from her and, as they proved superior to all others, I used her for 

 a breeder as long as she lived. 



About the time she died I found one of her daughters to take 

 her place. This fiueen was a good breeder. The only fault with 

 these bees was that some of them would cap their honey thin or 

 "greasy," as some would call it; and, as these queens were gen- 



