. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OB, MANUAL Oy THB APIARY. 51 handled. While procuring these bees, Mr. Benton was pros- trated with a fever, and so the bees, during their long voyage to Syria, were neglected. Strange to say, one colony survived the long confinement, but perished soon after reaching Syria. We can not call this journey a failure, as we now have the information that will render a second attempt surely success- ful. What has been learned will make the enterprising bee- keeper more desirous than ever to secure these bees. Their large size, and immense capab
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OB, MANUAL Oy THB APIARY. 51 handled. While procuring these bees, Mr. Benton was pros- trated with a fever, and so the bees, during their long voyage to Syria, were neglected. Strange to say, one colony survived the long confinement, but perished soon after reaching Syria. We can not call this journey a failure, as we now have the information that will render a second attempt surely success- ful. What has been learned will make the enterprising bee- keeper more desirous than ever to secure these bees. Their large size, and immense capabilities in the way of wax-secre- tion, as well as honey-storing, give us reason to hope for sub- stantial benefits from their importation. Mr. Benton also found A. indica and A. florea on the Island of Ceylon. I have received some of the bees and comb of the former species. The comb is very delicate, the cells (Fig. 7) being only one-sixth of an inch in diameter. The workers are less than one-half of an inch long, brown in color, and their entire abdomens are beautifully ringed with brown and yellow. The drones are black, and very small. The one I have measures an eighth of an inch less in length than does the worker. The queens are leather-colored, and very large as compared with the workers. They are as large as are our Fig. Worker-Cells.—A. Florea. (From Department of Agriculture.) common queens. These bees are very quick, and are domesti- cated on the Island of Ceylon. The workers of A. florea are also banded, and are more beautiful even than those of A. indica. They are very small. The combs are not larger than one's hand, and so diminutive are the cells (Fig. 8) that 100. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , George W. York & company
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