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THE bbe-khbper's guide ; 



t^PECIES. 



Apis Indica, Tiili. 

 Apis liorea, Fah. 

 Apis dorsata, Fab, 



Apis mellifera. 



Races. 



A. dorsata nigripennis, 



Latr. 

 A. dorsata bicolor, 



Klug. 

 A. dorsata zonata, 



Smitli. 



A. mellifera nigra. 

 German Bee. 



.V. mellifera fasciata, 



Egyptian Bee. 

 Syrian ( ; ) 

 South Palestine (!) 

 Cyprian ('.) 

 Italian (?) 

 tireek (?) 

 Bonnat ('.) 

 Caucahian (?) 

 A. mellifera unicolor 



Latr. Madagascar. 

 A. mellifera adonwini, 



African Bee. 



A'akieties. 



C'arniolan or Kraincr, 



Heath. 



Hungarian. 



Dalmatian. 



Herzegovinian. 



Smyrnian. 



Tunisian. 



Common black. 



i3enton, a graduate of the Michig-an Agricultural College, a 

 fine linguist and skilled apiarist, to aid in his undertaking. 

 After visiting the principal apiaries of Europe, these gentle- 

 men located at Larnica, in the island of Cyprus, where they 

 established a large apiary composed of Cyprian and Syrian 

 bees. The Cyprian bees were purchased on the island, while 

 the Syrians were procured personally by Mr. Jones in Syria. 

 The following June Mr. Jones returned to America with sev- 

 eral hundred queens of these two races. Mr. Benton remained 

 at Larnica to rear and ship more queens to Europe and Amer- 

 ica. The following winter Mr. Benton visited Ceylon, Farther 

 India, and Java, as Mr. Jones was determined to ascertain if 

 there were better bees than those we already had, and if so to 

 secure them. Apis dorsata (Figs. 5, 6) was the special object of 

 the quest, and as this bee was known as the " great bee of 

 Java," Mr. Benton visited that island, in hopes to procure 

 these bees. But to the sore disappointment not only of those 

 who had the enterprise in charge, but of all progressive api- 

 arists, the bees in question were not to be found on that island. 

 Mr. Benton learned at a great cost that this bee is rare in 



