RACES OF BEES 



race, and are most excellent winterers. As 

 workers they are indefatigable, gathering 

 honey from every available quarter even after 

 other races have quit, but they have the habit 

 of filling their cells completely full, so that 

 the combs have a watery appearance, which 

 renders its sale difficult, hence the few bee- 

 keepers who stick to them run them mostly 

 for extracted honey. While this race has all 

 of the desirable qualities attributed to them, 

 their dispositions are so vicious, that there is 

 hardly a beekeeper in the land who keeps 

 an absolutely pure strain of Cyprians. By 

 no means should the novice ever think of 

 keeping Cyprians, as they are extremely sensi- 

 tive, and resent the slightest jarring of their 

 hives, and when once aroused no amount of 

 smoke will subdue them, in fact, it seems to 

 infuriate them the more. 



The Carniolans are large gray bees from 

 the Alpine regions of Carniola in Austria, and 

 with the exception of the Caucasians are the 

 gentlest race known. Coming originally from 



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