What They Want.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 450, 1 March 1890, Page 6

What They Want.

Twisntjl' - ox e apiarists answer in the American Bee Journal the question, “ Is a better race of bees needed than the Italians we now have ?” and all affirmatively, with a single exception. One calls for “a race more gentle, with longer tongues, harder workers, longer lived and earlier risers ; and that can stand our cold winters without uecumbing in spring.” Another says : ‘Just give us a bee of the bumblebee size, and with all the perseverance and good qualities of the Italians, and I will invest 100 dol. in the first queen you have to spare which will answer the description. ” And Editor Newman encourages his yearning cprrespondents in this wise :—“ No matter what the attainments of the present, there is a longing for * the next progressive step ’ in all directions. Better bees, with longer tongues, and even greater activity, docility and beauty are always wanted. Wiien such are produced they will find a ready market, but even such will not long satisfy the everadvancing ideas of the modern beekeeper. Ho will still look for the better one—yet unbred, undeveloped and unborn. Perfection is never attained ; it is always a step in advance, to induce a longing for it, and a reaching out after it. Give us the best earth affords—always.”