Italians. As pointed out before it is very doubtful whether there are 

 pure German bees found anywhere in the United States. In this case 

 the characteristic for capping the comb honey white must be a very deep 

 seated one. The German race of bees was the first one introduced into 

 the United States and at one time was the only race found here. It has 

 been since 1860 that the hybridization, chiefly with Italians has taken 

 place. 



The Cyprian Bee 



The Cyprian bee is very yellow and its abdomen is pointed. The 

 queens are prolific and somewhat smaller than the Italians. They cap 

 honey with very little air beneath the cappings which gives it a watery 

 appearance. They swarm a. great deal and this, together with their very 

 unmanageable qualities and irritable nature, has caused their abnandon- 

 ment by American beekeepers after a. rather thorough trial. Latterly, 

 there hs been some interest in Cvprian bees because of their reputed 

 prolificacy and the possibility of modifying their temper through certain 

 ultra-violet radiations. Mr. Clifford Muth of Cincinnatti has been fore- 

 most in these trials. 



The Syrian Bee 



The Syrian bees are noted for swarming, large numbers of queen 

 cells and poor wintering. These bees were introduced in 1880 by Jones 

 and Benton but were abandoned as valueless because of these habits 

 and their poor wintering qualities. 



The Holy Land Bee 



The Holy Land bees are probablv a soecial race of the Syrians. 



The Egyptian Bee 



The Egyptian bees are somewhat smaller than the race known to 

 the American beekeepers. They are yellow in color and the abdomen 

 is covered with grayish white hairs. According to von Buttel-Reepen 

 they do not form a. winter cluster and cannot withstand cold weather. 

 The cappings are very watery. 



The Saliarian Bee 



The Saharian bees are found in the region between the Atlas Moun- 

 tains and the Sahara Desert in North Africa. They were brought from 

 that country to France by Baldensperger and were exhibited by him at 

 Quebec in 1924. They differ from the Italian bee in having orange 

 colored segments on the abdomen. Unfortunately Baldensperger was 

 unable to preserve the race in its purity. 



The Tunisian Bee 



The Tunisian bee is black. It is sometimes called Punic and came 

 from North Africa. These bees are extremely cross, propolize excessively 

 and winter badly. There are certain other races of bees in Africa which 

 have not as yet been domesticated. 



