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there was a distinct correlation between certain physical characters of 

 the bee and the amount of honey stored. This is shown in the follow- 

 ing table. 



Table I. — Comparison of Some Physical Characters and 

 THE Total Amount of Honey Stored During 1920 



Hive number 

 No. of bees 



in spring 

 Length of 



tongue 

 Weight of bee 

 Carrying 

 capacity 

 Total honey 

 stored in 



pounds 



Some of the significant facts brought out by this table are: First, 

 the bees which have the longest tongues, the largest bodies, and the 

 greatest carrying capacity are also the ones which form the strongest 

 colonies in the spring. This fact will be emphasized when the results 

 of 1921 are examined. It will be noticed that the colonies possessing 

 the longest tongues, greatest bodies and largest carrying capacity exceed 

 in the total amount of honey stored. 



Colony No, 6, which ranked second in number of bees in the spring, 

 second in length of tongue, and second in weight of bee, ranked first 

 in the total amount of honey stored. Colony No. 7 ranked first, al- 

 though it was approximately equal to colony No. 6 in the number of 

 bees in the spring; was first in length of tongue, first in weight of bee, 

 but was second in its carrying capacity and was second in the total 

 amount of honey stored. 



The following table shows the same results for 1921. 



Table II. — Comparison of the Carrying Capacity 

 and Storing Ability 



The above table shows a comparison of the total amount of honey 

 stored in each hive and the average carrying capacity of the bees in 

 those hives. The relative rank is indicated by the figures placed 

 above the results. The colonies whose bees had the largest individual 

 carrjdng capacity are the ones which stored the greatest amount of 

 honey, and for the four highest there appears to be a direct correlation 

 between the carrying capacity and the total amount of honey stored 



