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Fumigation for a longer period may be satisfactory, but from the 
above experiment it appears that screens should be used. 
The fellowing paper was presented : 
THE IMPORTATION AND BREEDING OF HONEY BEES OF VARIOUS 
TYPES. 
By FRANK BENTON, Washington, D. C. 
In these later times when the tendency is to specialize more and 
more in all lines of industry, there are among bee keepers many who 
devote themselves to one particular line of their pursuit, such as the 
production of comb honey to the exclusion of extracted honey, or, on 
the other hand, to the production of extracted (or lquid) honey 
wholly; others turn the whole strength of their apiaries to the rear- 
ing of queen bees of various breeds, which are supphed to those en- 
gaged in honey production; others push the multiplication of their 
colonies at the expense of honey production, in order to have full 
colonies of bees to sell, either singly, in lots of 100 colonies, or even 
whole carloads, which are shipped into great honey-producing 
regions to yield tons upon tons of beautiful nectar for eastern and 
foreign markets. Then we have the medium-sized and smaller apia- 
ries, many of which are devoted to two or more of these lines of work, 
some even combining all of them. 
Tt would seem quite natural that if any difference in traits could be 
discovered between various breeds or varieties of honey bees great 
care would be taken to propagate those types possessing qualities 
which fitted them in a more eminent degree than others for any par- 
ticular purpose desired to be accomplished, and, in truth, exactly this 
has been done. Bees have been found Sieh are Aafarally more 
suited to a given purpose than are other types, which, however, are 
equally valuable in still different lines. In fact, the differences 
among bees are exactly comparable to those noted by the raisers of 
other farm stock. Among horses there are the large cart horses and 
Percherons for use as draft animals, the fleet Arabian for the turf, 
the carriage horse, the general-purpose horse for the farm, etc.; 
among cattle the Jersey, Alderney, and Holstein for producing milk 
and butter, the shorthorn as a beef animal; the shorthorn and Devon 
as draft animals; and similarly with ieee and swine; while even a 
poultry raiser has his egg breeds and meat breeds, fancy fowls. and 
general-purpose fowls. It is, therefore, small wonder that for more 
than forty years past great efforts have been made to secure the vari- 
ous types of honey bees found wild, and cultivated to a greater or less 
extent, in various regions of the earth. 
Sinoner about a score of types, more or less distinct in markings, 
qualities, and habits—some of them no doubt deserving varietal rank, 
