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disappeared. This queen was soon after 

 removed, and queen-cells given to the 

 colony, and by April 7 they had a young 

 queen, which began laying on April 26, 

 and the colony stored 80 pounds of sur- 

 plus honey after all that manipulation. 

 Jnly 30 being the date of the last 

 extracting, this colony will be in fine 

 condition for Winter — plenty of stores, 

 young queen and bees. 



The Cyprian, Syrian, Palestine and 

 Egyptian bees all sting. Do not the 

 Albinos and "niggers ?" I suppose very 

 much depends on the climate in which 

 they are bred, and how they are man- 

 aged. ' For instance, Mr. Benton, some 

 years ago, exchanged some Punic bees 

 for Palestines, and he said: "Mrs. 

 Benton says she would rather manipu- 

 late the 'ugly Palestines' than those 

 'Tunisians,' while I thought to the 

 contrary. I find the ' Tunisians ' less 

 liable to sting than the Palestines." 



But crossing and recrossing has been 

 practiced so extensively, both in Europe 

 and America, that I think there are 

 none who can claim a pure race, except 

 those possessing imported queens. If 

 this is not so, why is fresh blood always 

 demanded ? 



Jaffa, Palestine, Aug. 11, 1891. 



(joWea Carniolan Bees. 



JOHN ANDREWS. 



On page 330 of the Bee Journal, I 

 find an article from Mr. Henry Alley, 

 bearing the caption, "Humbuggery in 

 the Queen Trade," and I wish to ask a 

 question : Why do the gray Carniolans 

 continue to breed gray if left in their 

 native country, but so soon bcco'me 

 yellow in the hands of queen breeders 

 in this country ? 



They do not become yellow in my 

 apiary, unless the young queens, in 

 mating, meet with drones of a yellow 

 race from a distance. I have queens 

 that I have bred from for two years, 

 whose worker progeny do not show any 

 yellow bands yet, and if they could be 

 placed where I could possibly examine 

 the surroundings, I would like to put 

 them in competition for that $100. 



I would suggest, and ask his consent, 

 that some one of the officers of the 

 Eastern New York Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation be chosen to conduct such an 

 experiment, and I will pay the expenses 

 of the officer chosen, whether I win or not. 



It is true, that I have had imported 

 queens that gave to some of their worker 



progeny (perhaps 1 bee in 50) yellow 

 bands, but of these queens not more 

 than one in five reared such workers, 

 and this is satisfactorily explained in 

 Mr. Frank Benton's communication to 

 the American Bee-Keeper for July, 

 1891, and no man in this country 

 knows better than he how this peculiar 

 marking came to the Carniolan bee. 



If I were away from all other bees, I 

 could keep them a pure gray for 25 

 years, provided I lived that long. I have 

 bred these bees for eight years, and 

 know what I can do with them. I accept 

 Mr. Alley's challenge, under the condi- 

 tions named above. 



Patten's Mills, N. Y. 



[If Mr. Andrews had read Mr. Alley's 

 communication carefully, it would not 

 have been necessary to ask the question 

 in the first paragraph of the foregoing 

 article. On page 330, second column, 

 in the first paragraph from the top, will 

 be found the following language em- 

 ployed by Mr. Alley : 



"I found that these bees could easily 

 be bred to a pure golden yellow, clear 

 yellow or orange yellow. So, selecting the 

 lirjht colored queens and drones, I soon 

 produced the golden Carniolan bees." 



The above, in connection with the 

 remainder of Mr. Alley's communication, 

 we think, fully answers the question. 

 The italics are our own. — Ed.] 



Preprini Bees for Winter, 



DR. C. C. MILLER. 



Are you thinking about getting ready 

 for Winter ? I know it is early yet, but 

 unless you begin to think about it long 

 before you think it is time, you will find 

 that a good many things will be put oft' 

 until it is too late for them to be easily 

 done. 



Bees can be united more easily when 

 gathering honey than when every bee is 

 on the alert to slaughter any intruder 

 for fear that it is a robber. 



It is a very unsatisfactory thing to 

 have a mere handful of bees in a hive 

 for wintering, and it will be well to unite 

 them until there are none but colonies 

 gf respectable size for wintering. If 

 bees are gathering honey, there is little 

 trouble about uniting without any great 

 precaution. If you see any signs of 

 fighting a good smoking will help matter. 



