1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



419 



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Questioi;)-Box* 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety. — Prov. 11-14. 



Breeding Out tlie Swarmiiie 

 Habit ill Bees. 



Query 977.— 1. Is it possible to breed out 

 the swarming habit ? 



2. Would It be a desirable thing if it could 

 be done '/ 



B. Taylor— 1. No. 2. No. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— 1. No. 2. No. 



P. H. Elwood— 1. I think so. 2. Yes. 



0. H. Dibbern— 1. I think not. 2. No. 



Rev. M. Mahin— 1. No ! 2.1 think 

 not. 



■ G. M. Doolittle— 1. I think not. 2. 

 Yes. 



W. R. Graham— 1. I think not. 2, I 

 think not. 



R. Ij. Taylor — 1. To some extent, no 

 doubt. 2. "No, 



H. D, Cutting— 1. "Give her up," 2. 

 All things considered, I think not, 



Mrs. J, N. Heater — 1. I think not al- 

 together. 2. I do not think it would. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— 1. Nothing is im- 

 possible for us mortals. 2. Certainly. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — 1. We think 

 not. 2. We are afraid we would also 

 breed out their industry. 



J. M, Hambaiigh — 1. I am of theopin- 

 ion it would be a very uncertain task. 

 2. f am not sure that it would, 



Wm, M. Barnum — 1. I doubt if it 

 would be possible, 2. No. A modifica- 

 tion is desirable at times, however. 



Eugene Secor — 1. Perhaps it can be 

 done in time— a thousaud years or so— if 

 persisted in. 2. I am not sure on that 

 point. 



Jas. A. Stone — 1. I do not think it is. 

 2. I, for one, would desire it — as I have 

 generally increased my colonies by di- 

 viding. 



E, France — 1 and 2, I don't think it 

 is. I would a great deal rather my bees 

 would be contented and not swarm. I 

 woud divide them to suit myself. 



Rev, E, T. Abbott— 1. Not unless you 

 change a bee into some other animal. 2, 

 No: not if we are to continue to keep 

 bees for the honey they produce. 



W. G. Larrabee- 1. No. 2, I hardly 

 think so, for if bees have no desire to 

 swarm or to increase, they would not 

 build queen-cells, and without queen- 

 cells how would we increase ? 



Dr. C. C, Miller — 1. As it is not essen- 

 tial for the existence of a colony, and as 

 some bees are more given to swarming 

 than others, I don't see anything impos- 

 sible in having bees not given to swarm- 

 ing at all. 2, Very decidedly for most 

 persons. 



J. E. Pond— 1 and 2. No, sir ! and it 

 would not be advisable or desirable so to 

 do, in my judgment. In order to do this 

 it would be necessary to breed out all 

 the present instincts of the bee, and 

 what the result would be, were it possi- 

 ble so to do, let him tell who can. 



Allen Pringle—1. As the "swarming 

 habit " is one of the very strongest hab- 

 its of the honey-bee, while my faith in 

 the possibilities of artificial as well as 



natural selection in the breeding of the 

 bee, as well as other animals, is strong, 

 I think it would take a good deal of per- 

 sistent effort through a good many thou- 

 sands of years to get that habit bred 

 out ! I could not, therefore, conscien- 

 tiously advise the querist to begin to un- 

 dertake a job like that, 2. It would, I 

 think, be desirable, provided the breed- 

 ing out of the swarming habit did not at 

 the same time breed out that ivork-with- 

 a-rus)i habit which now accompanies the 

 swarming habit. 



G. W. Demaree — 1 and 2, I guess not, 

 and if it could be done, I would not want 

 the bees, because such bees would not be 

 all-purjiose liees. I sometimes want 

 some prime swarms, and if I don't want 

 my bees to swarm, I prevent them by 

 raising the sealed brood above the queen- 

 excluder. This answers both of your 

 queries. 



Mrs, L, Harrison — When the "swarm- 

 ing habit " has been bred out of the hu- 

 man family, I'll try bees, 2, No ! Is the 

 creature wiser than the Creator ? The 

 Lord knew what he was saying, when 

 he said, "It is not good for man to be 

 alone," Swarm out and start a new 

 home is Nature's way of increasing bee- 

 families. 



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