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Beekeeping 
which is in favor of the Italian race. It is probably true 
that the tests made cannot be considered as free from prej¬ 
udice but the decision was made years ago and no special 
reason has been presented for changing it. Since this race 
became popular it has been carefully bred and it is easier 
to get good stock of this race than of any other in the United 
States. It was the first race brought to this country in the 
effort to improve on the early introduced black bees and 
proved so vastly superior that it soon took a firm hold on 
American beekeepers. It is doubtful whether any other 
race will be accepted as better or even as good by the ma¬ 
jority of beekeepers and certainly no markedly better race 
has been tried in this country. 
