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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



cause Mr. Simpson does not quote the 

 whole of the Straw. What I said, prac- 

 ticalH^ was that no one had claimed that 

 prolonging the life of the queen "will be- 

 get longevity in her offspring." I think 

 a nucleus is a good thing to prolong the 

 life of the queen, but not to beget longev- 

 ity in her offspring. 



INTELLIGENCE OF BEE BREEDERS. 

 I think I am agreed with Mr. Simpson 

 that bee-breeders ma}- out-rank breeders 

 of other animals in general intelligence, 

 but I had an idea that on the subject of 

 breeding, breeders of other animals were 

 far ahead. Possibly I overestimate the 

 special knowledge of breeders of other 

 animals, but I know of at least one bee- 

 breeder of many years' experience who 

 has an immense stock of ignorance on 

 the subject of breeding; and I look upon 

 it as an act of condescension on the part 

 of such men as Messrs. Getaz and Simpson 

 to be willing to talk upon the subject at 

 all with one who knows so little about it 

 as I do. 



Marengo, 111. Nov. 23rd, 1901. 



[Dr. Miller sent the foregoing to Mr. 

 F. B. Simpson, of Cuba, N. Y., who 

 makes the following comments. — Ed. 

 Review.] 



I was in error in using "red clover" as 

 if it were synonymous with "long corrola 



tubed." I meant the latter. I did not 

 mean to miply what you say. I did not 

 say all or even a majority but "man3' 

 Southern breeders." I have been led to 

 believe that there are many such, al- 

 though not all, who do not obtain honey 

 crops from long corrola tubes. 



Yes, I think we agree generall}', al- 

 though I am not certain that we have the 

 same idea of the meaning of "superior." 



We will have to agree to disagree on 

 the one point, however; the extra tongue- 

 length of that colony would make it possi- 

 hle for them to reach the nectar, but it 

 would be no guarantee of their willing- 

 ness to reach it. My experiments with 

 glossometers and observations on the way 

 different bees act towards them, make 

 me believe very firmly in thistheor}^; and 

 that if your one colony actually gathered 

 nectar from the red clover while the others 

 did not, it would be a guarantee of extra 

 energy which would have the effect of 

 superiority, and 1 do not believe the bees 

 could possess it without showing it on 

 other sources of honey. 



Yes, Doctor, we can remain good 

 friends even if we are long-tongued; but 

 on one condition, and that is if you will 

 stop using such "ridiculous" expressions 

 as the last ten words of your comments. 

 All good people should rise in a body to 

 reprimand you for that. 



INFLUENCE OF NURSE-BEES. 



BY G. A. OLMSTEAD. 



Doubtful if it Effects General Characteristics 

 But it may Influence Longevity. 



There is nothing can equal the tender hours when life is first in bloom — hykon. 



FRIEND Hutchinson, you may re- 

 member a paper read by H. E. Perry, 

 at our county convention a year ago, in 

 which he advocated selecting certain col- 

 onies and keeping them storing comb 

 honey; advancing the idea that by so do- 



ing we would develop a greater tendency 



to secrete wax and build comb honey. 



workers don't trnsmit their 



oialities. 



In the discussion I claimed that even if 



it were possible to develop them (the 



