CHAPTER III 



RACES OF BEES 



r 1 1HERE are many races of bees, as many, 

 -*-■ in fact, as there are different races 

 of the human family, and each race has its 

 distinctive racial characteristics. Among them 

 are the Common Blacks, the Italians, the 

 Carniolans, the Caucasians, the Cyprians, the 

 Banats, the Holy Lands, as well as many 

 others which it would be useless to describe, 

 as the majority of beekeepers keep either 

 the Italians or the Blacks. 



The Blacks are widely distributed through- 

 out the United States, having been brought 

 over by the early settlers, while the Italians 

 are of quite recent importation. The Blacks, 

 while fairly good honey gatherers, and build- 

 ers of the whitest combs, a thing much desired 



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