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Beekeeping 
Camiolan. 
These bees are grayish-black in color and the claim that 
yellow bees were native to parts of Carniola is often ques¬ 
tioned. Professor Francis Jager is authority for the statement 
that the bees of the Wippach valley (Vipavska dolina) are 
yellow. Carniolan bees are large, gentle (second only to 
Caucasians), prolific, swarm excessively, arc good honey- 
gatherers, build numerous queen cells, collect little propolis, 
winter admirably, cap their honey white and do not run 
on the combs during manipulation. It is claimed by some 
beekeepers that they resist European foul brood as well as 
Italians: this should be thoroughly investigated by disin¬ 
terested persons. They are native to Carniola, Austria. 
These bees have been shipped repeatedly to Germany and 
other European countries and to America. While they 
have some ardent advocates in the United States, they are 
losing ground, especially on account of their swarming pro¬ 
clivities and the black color, which American beekeepers do 
not fancy. Queen breeders have distinguished other races, 
which are not distinct from the Carniolan, among which are 
the Banat (Banater) race, of recent importation into America, 
and the Dalmatian which appeared in American literature 
in the eighties. The names of other provinces have been 
used as trade names for different breeders. 
African races. 
While several races of bees have been distinguished from 
Africa, in addition to the Egyptian previously discussed, 
very little information is at hand concerning these bees in 
the hands of beekeepers. A yellow race, described as Apis 
adonsoni, is found in parts of Africa, having the abdomen 
a darker reddish-yellow than the Egyptian. On the north 
coast of Africa is found a black bee, known among beekeepers 
as Tunisian, Punic or North African. This race extends 
well into the continent. The bees of this origin that have 
been tried in the United States are extremely cross, propo- 
lize excessively and winter badly. They are not now known 
