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which is in favor of the Italian race. It is probably true 

 that the tests made cannot be considered as free from prej- 

 udice but the decision was made years ago and no special 

 reason has been presented for changing it. Since this race 

 became popular it has been carefully bred and it is easier 

 to get good stock of this race than of any other in the United 

 States. It was the first race brought to this country in the 

 effort to improve on the early introduced black bees and 

 proved so vastly superior that it soon took a firm hold on 

 American beekeepers. It is doubtful whether any other 

 race will be accepted as better or even as good by the ma- 

 jority of beekeepers and certainly no markedly better race 

 has been tried in this country. 



