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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



My advice to those who 

 have the Caucasians is, do 

 not be in too big a hurry 

 to condemn them. They 

 have proven to be all right 

 with me, and they will do 

 S3 with you if given a 

 chance. Too many con- 

 demn them without giving 

 them a fair trial. There 

 are bees and bees; but 

 you can not find the bee 

 that will please everybody: 

 it is impossible. If you 

 are so situated that your 

 b^es can bother no one, 

 then the gentleness of the 

 Caucasians will not appeal 

 to you so much. Those 

 who are living in town, 

 and are timid about hand- 

 ling bees will find the Cau- 

 casians very satisfactory. 



Spirit Lake, Iowa. 



[Our correspondent be- 

 lieves that the Caucasians 

 are enough different in 

 their markings to be read- 

 ily distinguished from 

 black bees. Some may 

 differ with him in this. 

 It will be remembered that 

 one of our correspondents, 

 some time ago, sent by 

 mail some cages contain- 

 ing samples of Caucasians, 

 blacks, and Carniolans to 

 some of the expert queen- 

 breeders. They were un- 

 able, by the markings of 

 the bees, to name them. 

 There is a difference, but 



it is so slight that the great majority would not 

 be able to distinguish one type from the other. 

 In point of behavior there is a marked difference 

 between blacks and Caucasians. The difference 

 in markings between Carniolans and Caucasians 

 is more distinct than between Caucasian and 

 black bees. The Carniolans are slightly larger 

 than either, with a bluish-black cast, while the 

 Caucasian and German bees are of a grayish 

 black; but the Caucasians are a little brighter, 

 the fuzz-rings showing more distinctlv. — Ed.] 



OUTDOOR COLONY KOUND ON SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN, NEAR BOULDER, 

 COLORADO. 



Our Caucasians filled the entrances with propolis 

 at the close of the honey-flow, but carried none 

 into supers. The sections and fences came off 

 as white and clean as when put on, needing no 

 scraping. 



Veil and smoker were a necessity with Italians 

 all the season, and stings were frequent and se- 

 vere. With Caucasians no veil, smoker, or hat 

 was used, and no stings received; so we have 

 concluded to Caucasianize all our apiary. 



^ E. A. Morgan. 



Vermillion, S. D., Jan. IL 



a whole apiary to be CAUCASIANIZED; ONE- 

 THIRD MORE HONEY FROM CAUCASIANS 

 THAN ITALIANS. 



On page 42 Mr. F. R. C. Campbell writes 

 that he has two Caucasian colonies from Wash- 

 ington that did not gather as much honey as 

 Italians and hybrids, but that they f 1 istercd 

 fences and sections with propolis. 



I wish to report that we have 35 colonics, alsD 

 from Washington, D. C, that put up 160 lbs. 

 of fine section honey per colony the past season, 

 besides filling 75 lbs. in the brood-chamber at 

 the close of the season, which was one-third more 

 in every case than the best Italians did. Eighty 

 stocks of Italians are in the same vard with them. 



A LARGE OUTDOOR COLONY. 



BY C. H. HOWARD. 



In a store here are several combs built on a 

 bough of a tree. It is the largest outdoor work 

 of bees that I ever saw, for it would accommo- 

 date quite a large colony. The store-keeper let 

 me have them to get a photograph made, as 

 shown herewith. He informed me that it was 

 found last year on Sugarloaf Mountain, wliich is 

 about 17 miles from here. 



Boulder, Col, Feb. 14, 1908. 



