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honej" given by any colony in the }'ard, 

 I would not hesitate to breed from the 

 queen of that colon}'. For the purpose 

 of securing unifonnit)', I would breed 

 the daughters of this queen to the drones 

 of her daughters, because they are the 

 most similar. I would again select the 

 best queen, and inbreed again, and do so 

 during several generations; till I had 

 gained the desired nnifonnity and cou- 

 staucy. Afterwards, I would select 

 drones of less relationship but of the 

 same familj'. 



A few words about inbreeding: As 

 close inbreeding has a ver}' different 

 effect with different animals, we can't 

 say that, a prion y inbreeding is dan- 

 gerous with bees. Fortunately, we have 

 at least one experience of a credible bee- 

 keeper, F. W. Vogel. He crossed Eg\'p- 

 tian and German bees, selected a colony 



which showed a marked mixture of both 

 races, and by inbreeding from such 

 drones and queens during several genera- 

 tions, secured a new, constant and uni- 

 form race of bees, quite similar to the 

 Italian bee. This continued inbreeding 

 had no bad effect at all. 



For controlling and selecting the drones 

 he used the so-called Kochler's method. 

 It is true, it is laborious and would not be 

 practical for raising dollar-queens; but 

 for scientific experiments and for raising 

 a few queens for a certain purpose, it is 

 very well adapted, and can be used till we 

 may find a better method. Unfortunate- 

 ly, it is more difficult in our Texas cli- 

 mate than it is in Germany, because 

 drones of all colonies are flying here 

 till late in the afternoon. 



Converse, Texas, March 26, 1902. 



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Bro. .VTChlev and family, of Beeville, 

 Texas, have the s\'mpathy of their many 

 friends in the recent loss of their little 

 baby, Lottie Queen. 



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Bkes have wintered well, judging by 

 the reports that come to this office — but 

 we are never quite out of the woods until 

 about the first of May. 



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Tk.vas produces the most honey of any 

 State in the Union. See the census report 

 in the Extracted Department. Califor- 

 nia is second; New York third. 



The Nation.\l Bee-Keeper is the 

 name of the latest addition to apiarian 

 journals. It is a 50-cent monthly and 

 hails from Dinero, Texas. C. B. Banks- 

 ton is editor. 



By a Mistake in ordering, the paper 

 for this issue is lighter than I wished it to 

 be — it will be heavier next month. 



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Rev. Oscar Ceute, known among 

 bee-keepers as the author of a book call- 

 ed "Blessed Bees," recently died of 

 pneumonia at Santa Monica, California. 

 Mr. Clute was, about ten years ago, the 

 President of our Michigan Agiicultural 

 College. 



NE-A-TNESSmw be carried to excess, but 

 in my travels among bee-keepers I have 

 never fonnd a case where I thought it 

 had been carried to that extent. The 

 disorder in some honey houses had reach- 

 ed such an extent that it fairly made me 

 crawl. Such cases as these result from one 

 of two causes, lack of order (in the owner's 

 brain) or a lack of time. I know how to 



