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CHICAGO, ILL., JULY 4, 1895. 



No. 27. 



Coi;)tributed /V^ticles^ 



On Xmportant -Apiarian Subjects, 



lu-aud-Iu Breeding — Question Answered. 



BY G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



A correspondent writes that he has an apiary of about 80 

 colonies, and in it there are two colonies which give the best 

 results in honey, capping the same very nice and white, the 

 queens of which are very prolific, and the bees winter in ex- 

 cellent condition every winter. He says that he would like to 

 propagate these bees for their good qualities, and is desirous 

 to know whether the rearing of queens from one and drones 

 from another will answer, as the two are sisters. He seems 



Staminatc and Pisiillatc Willow-Blossoms. — See page 4.15 



The Pink Lady's-SUpper. — Sec page 425. 



to think that such in-and-in breeding might tend to make the 

 future generations of his bees weakly. 



If we were sure that both parentages were alike, there 

 might be some chance of making our bees weak by in-and-in 

 breeding, but as it is almost certain that they are not, such 

 breeding as is proposed could not be directly in-and-in breed- 

 ing. While I do not indorse the Dzierzon theory to its fullest 

 I'xtent, yet it is suflSciently accurate so that, practically 

 speaking, the drones and queens from any mother cannot be 

 brother and sister. Now, if our correspondent rears his 

 queens and drones from the same mother, the queens can do 



