202 Beekeeping 



Carniolan. 



These bees are grayish-black in color and the claim that 

 yellow bees were native to parts of Carniola is often ques- 

 tioned. Professor Francis Jager is authority for the statement 

 that the bees of the Wippach valley (Vipavska dolina) are 

 yellow. Carniolan bees are large, gentle (second only to 

 Caucasians), prolific, swarm excessively, are good honey- 

 gatherers, build numerous queen cells, collect little propolis, 

 winter admirably, cap their honey white and do not run 

 on the combs during manipulation. It is claimed by some 

 beekeepers that they resist European foul brood as well as 

 Italians : this should be thoroughly investigated by disin- 

 terested persons. They are native to Carniola, Austria. 



These bees have been shipped repeatedly to Germany and 

 other European countries and to America. While they 

 have some ardent advocates in the United States, they are 

 losing ground, especially on account of their swarming pro- 

 clivities and the black color, which American beekeepers do 

 not fancy. Queen breeders have distinguished other races, 

 which are not distinct from the Carniolan, among which are 

 the Banat (Banater) race, of recent importation into America, 

 and the Dalmatian which appeared in American literature 

 in the eighties. The names of other provinces have been 

 used as trade names for different breeders. 



African races. 



While several races of bees have been distinguished from 

 Africa, in addition to the Egyptian previously discussed, 

 very little information is at hand concerning these bees in 

 the hands of beekeepers. A yellow race, described as Apis 

 adonsoni, is found in parts of Africa, having the abdomen 

 a darker reddish-yellow than the Egyptian. On the north 

 coast of Africa is found a black bee, known among beekeepers 

 as Tunisian, Punic or North African. This race extends 

 well into the continent. The bees of this origin that have 

 been tried in the United States are extremely cross, propo- 

 lize excessively and winter badly. They are not now known 



