THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



If 



.lomen, when I came to breed from 

 her the young queens were far from 

 uniform in color. 



Among the first brood of young 

 queens reared, there was one nearly 

 as yellow as the queen of my light- 

 colored Italians; and, when she was 

 mated, her workers were just like well- 

 marked Italians. One of the features 

 noticeable in these bees is the fact 

 that they never deteriorate, in breed- 

 ing, like other bees. 



Of the number of colonies of these 

 bees that I have handled, not one of 

 them has slid back into colonies of 

 dingy hybrids, so commonly met with 

 in nearly all Italian apiaries. 



I gave two Carniolan queens to a 

 friend of mine, who lives in a black- 

 bee region, and he has reared queens 

 from them, and he says that they hold 

 their grip of yellow blood, against the 

 black bees, much stronger than do the 

 best types of the Italian race. This 

 would be beyond belief tome, if I had 

 not seen it for myself. 



Introduce some Italian queens in an 

 apiary of black bees, and leave them 

 to fight their own battle for color, and 

 the result has no uncertainty about it. 

 The black blood will predominate 

 over the yellow till but a trace of the 

 yellow will be visible. 



But when once the Carniolan be- 

 comes vellow in color, no influence 

 seems to force them down. 



But to deal fairly with them, and 

 all other races of bees, I have found 

 the Carniolan bees, especially in their 

 Austrain dark dress, more inclined 

 to swarm, and harder to manage when 

 they swarm, than most races of bees 

 that I have handled. But as they be- 

 come American bred this undesirable 



feature in their make-up disappears^ 

 in a measure at least. 



The little nigger Punics may be no- 

 good when thoroughly tested, but now 

 they stand before.the judgment bar of 

 unprejudiced apiarists untried. They 

 exhibit peculiarities not seen in any 

 other bees heretofore introduced into 

 this country. 



Their small size, solid color in a state 

 of purity, and their quick movements, 

 (quick as a flash), are points that must 

 interest any close observer, while he 

 watches the outcome of the little black 

 strangers. 



I have made it a point to test for 

 myself all new races of bees. It has 

 cost me some money to do it, but the 

 interest I have felt in the enterprise, 

 and the pleasures I have derived from 

 the experimentation, have been ample 

 compensation. I now have a Punic 

 queen, and anticipate much pleasure 

 in testing her workers next season. — 

 G. W. D., in ApieuliMrisL 



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