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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



OctoUr 27, 



are hardy enough ? 8. I have found the 

 Italian, as a whole, to fill the bill better 

 than any other variety, race or cross. 



E. S. Lovesy — 1 and 2. I select mainly 

 for the first two qualifications. 3. The 

 leather-color with me comes the nearest 

 to the above requirements. 4, 5 and 7. 

 Again the leather color suits me the 

 best. 6. I run my bees by division in a 

 way so that I am not troubled by any 

 swarming propensities. 



Eugene Secor — The ideal bee must be 

 able to gather more honey from the same 

 field than the present one, and if she 

 does that I don't care whether she be 

 black or yellow, large as a bumble-bee 

 or small as house-fly. If she does what 

 is required of her, of course she'll be 

 hardy and prolific. She'll not swarm 

 herself into poverty, or forget her 

 proper functions. 



J. A. Green — The ability to gather a 

 large amount of honey, and if comb 

 honey is the object, to store it in salable 

 form, are by far the most important. 

 I would place disposition next. After 

 that, I would want bees that did not 

 make swarming their chief aim. Hardi- 

 ness and prolificness are very desirable. 

 Color and size have little value in them- 

 selves, tho the former is of considerable 

 use to the' breeder. 



Rev. M. Mahin — 1. "Nothing suc- 

 ceeds like success." The ideal bee should 

 be a successful honey-gatherer. '1. The 

 ideal bee should be prolific, but prolific- 

 ness can be excessive. 3. I like a bright 

 golden color, if other good qualities are 

 present. 4. Gentleness is a very desir- 

 able quality. 5. Size is a matter of lit- 

 tle importance. Some colonies of small 

 bees store more honey than some large 

 ones. 6. The ideal bee does not swarm 

 excessively. 7. This question answers 

 itsel. 



P. H. Elwood — I prefer to breed from 

 those colonies producing year after year 

 the largest quantities of good quality 

 honey. The prolificness, color, size, 

 swarming propensity and hardiness, suit 

 me if the first qualification is all right. 

 If not hardy they will not be strong 

 enough to gather a large quantity of 

 honey. The swarming propensity can 

 be controlled. The disposition of such 

 bees, as a rule, is no worse than the 

 average. Extra-cross colonies can be 

 blotted out. 



S. T. Pettit— 1. Generally one that 

 does its best, but in the fall quits en- 

 tirely when it cannot gather enough to 

 meet current expenses. 2. I want a 

 good layer, that knows enough to quit 

 in the fall when there is not enough 

 honey coming in to meet present de- 

 mands. 3. The color that she happens 

 to have when the good qualities are well 

 developt. 4. To keep very quiet in win- 

 ter, to fight moth-millers, to guard 

 against robbers, to keep self-possest and 

 quiet while under manipulation. 5. The 

 Italian is, in my opinion, the ideal size 

 for this country, except the length of its 

 tongue. 6. The ideal bee will not swarm 

 except under great pressure. 7. Most 

 of our bees are hardy enough if handled 

 rightly. Temperament helps. 8. A bee 

 with a longer tongue — long enough so 

 as to gather red clover honey. 



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Connecticut.— The fall meeting of the 

 Connecticut Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at the Capitol at Hartford, Wednesday, 

 Nov. 2, 1898. commencing at 10:30 a. m. 

 Bvery member sbould make an extra effort to 

 be present at this meeting. 



Waterbury.Conn. Mrs. W. E. Biley, Sec. 



Colorado.— The Colorado State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold their next annual 

 convention probably some time in November, 

 the exact date given later. 



R. C. AiKiN, Pres., Loveland, Colo. 



F, Eauchfuss, SecElyrla, Colo. 



Ontario.— The annual meeting of the On- 

 tario Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 in Guelph. Dec. 6, 7 and 8, 1898. Owing to 

 the Guelph Fat Stock Show, the Guelph Poul- 

 try and Pet Stock Show, and the Experimen- 

 tal Union meeting on the same dates, there 

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 many are interested in all the different meet- 

 ings. All are cordially invited to attend the 

 meetings. W. Couse. Sec. 



Streetsville, Ont. 



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