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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



compare them with other bees sent 

 to the Bee Journal, and state the 

 differeuce in color. I say that Car- 

 niolan bees are not golden or yellow. 

 I know what 1 am talking about, for 

 I have imported them at different 

 times. If the Carniolan bees are a 

 golden or yellow color, I have been 

 himibngged. 1 will say, further, that 

 I have not sold a queen, or offered one 

 for sale ; I got them for my own ben- 

 efit, and so far 1 like them. I have 

 been handling my bees from imported 

 queens all summer, but never had one 

 attempt to sting me. 1 use no smoke. 



L. HiGHBARGEK. 



The above taken from the Am. Bee 

 Journal is intended for our eye. We 

 fail to find anything in it to disprove 

 the fact that anyone if they so desire 

 can take the bees of Mr. H. and 

 produce beautiful golden Carniolans. 

 How is it, that these bees shipped di- 

 rectly from some place in Europe, 

 presumably from their native land, 

 show yellow bands? Haven't those 

 fellows (Quigiy& Co.) been telling us 

 all the while that the true (pure) Car- 

 niolan bees have no yellow bands? 

 Now we have the evidence of the editor 

 of the Am. Bee Journal that they do 

 show yellow (but not golden) bands. 

 Quigly, Lowmaster, Robinson & Co. 

 will be after Bro. Newman unless he 

 modifies his opinions. 



By the way, Bro. Newman, isn't it 

 quite a fine point when you decide 

 between yellow and golden-yellow? 

 Read what editor Newman says : — 



" The bees sent by Mr. Highbarger 

 are distinctly marked with yellow 

 bands, but they are not "golden yel- 

 low" by any means. They are quiet 

 and contented, and show no excitable 

 motions. When first imported they 

 were called Krainer bees, and several 

 descriptions of them may be found in 

 back volumes of the American Bee 

 Journal." — Ed.] 



We call them golden or yellow Car- 

 niolans, either name golden or yellow 

 Carniolan does very well. 



We are glad to have an importer of 

 the Carniolans bear evidence that our 

 statement concerning the original color 

 of these bees is correct. Yes, sir, the 

 true color of Carniolans is yellow. 



It really looks as though Quigly & 

 Co. were badly used up in the war- 

 fare they commenced on the golden 

 Carniolans. 



The following extract is from an 

 editorial in the Am. Biie-Keeper for 

 July : 



THE GOI.DEM CARNIOLAN CONTUOVKRSY. 



Tho. Missouri Bee-Keeper m improv- 

 ing, but still it continues to deal 

 liberally in personalities, and the 

 Amkrican Bee-Kkepeu came in for a 

 share of its wrath last month It is 

 hardly worth while for us to notice the 

 several sly shots made at us in one 

 way and another in the several differ- 

 ent articles concerning us. Such 

 things do not intei-estour readers, but 

 we will say that we do not deal in 

 queens or bees, consequently have no 

 axe to grind, and our conclusions con- 

 cerning Carniolan bees were our hon- 

 est convictions. After a more thor- 

 ough examination of the subject we 

 are compelled to state that we can find 

 no reasons for changing our convic- 

 tions. We are not defending yellow 

 Carniolans through any friendship for 

 Henry Alley or E. L. Pratt or anyone 

 else, nor for fear of losing their ad- 

 vertising patronage, as the editor of 

 the Missouri Bee-Keeper insinuates, 

 for the advertisements of the gray 

 bees in the Bee-Keeper occupy much 

 more space than do Messrs. Alley and 

 Pratt, but we believe in fair play and 

 do not condemn a person or thing 

 simplj^ because of a difference of opin- 

 ion. The whole gist of this Carniolan 

 matter is this : There are found in 

 Carniola both the gray and yellow 

 race of bees. The graj'^ are found in 

 the more elevated portions, while the 

 yellow are found in the valleys. There 

 are hundreds of beekeepers through- 



