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Species of Genus Apis. 



Species. 



Apis Indica, Fab. 

 Apis florea, Fab. 

 Apis dorsata, Fab. 



Races. Varieties. 



A. dorsjtta nigripemiis, 

 Latr. 

 J A. dorsata bicolor, 

 1 Klug. 



I A. dorsata zonata, 

 I Smith. 



'A. mellifica nigra. 

 German Bee. 



fCarniolan or Krainer. 



Heatli. 

 \ Austrian. 

 [Common black, 



A. mellifica fasciata, 

 Egyptian Bee. 

 Syrian (?) 

 South Palestine (?) 

 Cyprian (?) 

 Apis mellifica. ■{ Italian (?) 



Greek (?) 

 Bonnat(?) 

 Caucasian (?) 

 China Bee. 

 A. mellifica unicolor 



Latr, Madagascar, 

 A. mellifica Adonsoni, 

 African Bee. 



In the Autumn of 1879, Mr. D. A.Jones, of Beaton, 

 Ontario, Canad.i, inaugurated the grandest enterprise ever 

 undertaken in the interest of apiculture. This was nothing 

 less than to visit Cyprus, Syria, and the more distant India 

 and the East Indies, for the purpose of securing and intro- 

 ducing into America such species and races of bees as gave 

 promise of superior excellence. Mr. Jones procured the 

 services of Mr. Frank Benton, a graduate of the Michigan 

 Agricultural College, a fine linguist and skilled apiarist, to- 

 aid in this great undertaking. After visiting the principal 

 apiaries of Europe, these gentlemen located at Larnica, in 

 the island of Cyprus, where they established a- large apiary 

 composed of Cyprian and S3'rian bees. The Cyprian bees 

 were purchased on the Island, while the Syrians were pro- 

 cured personally by Mr. Jones in Syria. The following 

 June Mr. Jones returned to America with several hundred 

 queens of these two races. Mr. Benton remained at Lar- 

 nica to rear and ship moi-e queens to Europe and Amer- 

 icii. The following winter Mr. Benton visited Ceylon, 

 Tarther India, and Java, as Mr. Jones was determined to 



