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Parties having apiaries remote from all others, who 

 will at once Italianize all their stock in the manner 

 I have indicated, and constantly select the FINEST 

 QUEENS AND DRONES from which to breed, and avoid 

 breeding in-and-in, will be able, not only to preserve 

 the breed equal in purity to the imported stock, but 

 to improve it. 



From my own experience, I am satisfied that the 

 common bees are capable of being improved in like 

 manner. 



In closing this chapter I would remark, that it is by 

 no means certain that the Italian bee will possess all 

 the advantages, and to the extent claimed for them. 

 From the number scattered over the country, and in 

 different hands, a few months will suffice to decide 

 the matter. 



Let each person who tries them, institute compara- 

 tive experiments, side by side with the common bee, 

 and thus decide their merits. 



The interest awakened, and the knowledge ob- 

 tained in the business of bee-keeping, by such a 

 course of experiments, will alone more than repay 

 for the trouble, besides advancing an interest that is 

 yet in its infancy. 



OP THE 



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