BEE-KEEPING 259 



There are several varieties of bees, some varieties 



of bees 



of which are much more gentle, than 

 others. 



The English Black Bee. The bee usually The English 

 kept in England is the ordinary English Black 

 Bee, and this has been found after many 

 experiments to be the best all round bee 

 for our climate, notwithstanding the fact 

 that it is not so good tempered as one or 

 two of the foreign varieties. 



Their comb honey sells well, as it is beau- 

 tifully white. 



The young bees begin to work outside 

 much earlier than the young ones of other 

 kinds, and they are more ready to begin 

 work in supers in the spring, owing to the 

 fact that they produce and maintain a greater 

 amount of heat than the same number of any 

 other sort. 



The Italian or Ligurian Bee. Italian or The Italian 



T . r r .or Ligurian 



Ligurian bees were the first foreign variety Bee 

 introduced into England in 1859. They are 

 rather like our black bee in size and appear- 



