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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 31, 



Questiot;)'Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

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Fivc-Bandcd vs. Tlirec-Banded 

 Bees. 



Query 950.— Do the 5-banded Italians av- 

 erse better than the 3-banded, or worse?— 

 Texas. 



B. Taylor— I see no difference. 

 W. G. Larrabee — I don't know. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown. — Not one bit bet- 

 ter. 



P. H. Elwood — I never had any 5- 

 banded bees. 



E. France— 1 don't know. I don't 

 want any Italians. 



G. M. Doolittie — Equally as good, or 

 better, during 1894. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I have had no ex- 

 perience along that line. 



Jas. A. Stone — I never tried them to- 

 gether, therefore I cannot say. 



J. M. Hambaugh — I have had no ex- 

 perience with 5-banded Italians. 



W. M. Barnum — I really do not know. 

 (The " three-banded " would be the ones 

 /would choose, however.) 



H. D. Cutting — I have never seen any 

 5-banded that were any better than pure 

 Italians with three bands. 



S. I. Freeborn — I never had any to try, 

 but I doubt their giving any better re- 

 sults than those with less bands. 



Eugene Secor — I doubt whether the 

 very light colored bees are better than 

 the darker ones for practical purposes. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater — I never had but 

 one colony of five-banded bees, and they 

 were so cross that I superseded the 

 queen. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — I do not know, but 

 I do not think that they do. Three good, 

 plain bands on each bee, or every bee, is 

 good enough. 



Chas. Dadant «fe Son — We have never 

 had any success with the very bright 

 yellow Italians. They do not seem so 

 hardy as the others. 



Rev. M. Mahin — I cannot tell. I have 

 no five-binded bees. The darker Ital- 

 ians have shown some superiority over 

 the lighter, with me. 



J. A. Green — Better and worse. They 

 are not all alike. Some strains are bet- 

 ter in almost every way, and some I 

 wouldn't have at any price. 



Mrs. Jennie Atchley — As to honey- 

 gathering qualities, I have found but 

 little if any difference when all things 

 are equal, as both are only Italian bees. 



E. L. Taylor— Having had the former 

 for the past season only, I am as yet un- 

 able to decide, but I have found them 

 terrible robbers, and not gentler than 

 my hybrids. 



C. H. Dibbern — I have had but little 

 experience with the five-banded bees, but 

 I have come to the conclusion that aside 

 from their beauty, they are no improve- 

 ment on the three-banded Italians. 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott — I do not 

 know, but, on general principles, I pre- 

 fer the darker bees that are evenly 

 marked. I would sell what the people 

 want, and spend no time trying to con- 

 vince them which is best. They will 



find this out for themselves. Life is too 

 short to stop and argue the case with 

 every customer who may not agree with 

 you, and then It does not pay. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — I suspect that's a 

 good deal like asking whether a bay or 

 a brown horse is better. Breeding for 

 color alone doesn't improve bees, and 

 with care In other directions may do no 

 harm. 



J. E. Pond — The dealers in so-called 

 five-banded bees will say yes. I, for one, 

 don't believe it. If you have good queens 

 that produce three-banded workers, you 

 have got as good as there Is, and won't 

 gain by changing, in my opinion. 



G. \V. Demaree — Neither worse nor 

 bet'er. If they are not weakened by In- 

 breeding, they are just as good, but no 

 better for honey. The yellow races of 

 bees are superior to the black races — not 

 because they are yellow, but because 

 they are physically stronger, and capable 

 of doing more work. 



Dr. G. L. Tinker — I think favorably 

 of this new strain, and shall use the 

 drones upon my Syrio-Albino stock next 

 spring, as they are similar bees In pro- 

 lificness and working quality. The five- 

 banded bees undoubtedly contain Cyprian 

 blood, as every queen-breeder who has 

 bred the Syrian and Cyprian bees knows 

 full well. 



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