HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



a cold country, the Carniolans are the hardiest 

 race we know, and not being so sensitive to 

 cold as other races, will begin to go afield 

 earlier in the morning, and work later in the 

 day than others, and for this reason, they 

 winter unusually well. Their comb honey is 

 the best produced, as they do not, like the 

 Cyprians, fill their cells completely full, and 

 thus they produce comb honey of snowy white- 

 ness. 



To handle them is a delight, as they seldom 

 sting, and I have worked with them day in 

 and day out without any protection for the 

 face or hands, and for weeks at a time have 

 gone without being stung. 



But the great objection to the Carniolans, 

 and one that has led most beekeepers to dis- 

 card them, is their proneness to frequent 

 and excessive swarming, which means a loss 

 of bees and a loss of honey. The Cauca- 

 sians are in appearance not unlike the Car- 

 niolans, and certain strains of them are hardly 

 distinguishable from the Blacks, but in dis- 



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