. The honey bee: a manual of instruction in apiculture. Fig. 3.—Comb of tiny East Indian honey bee (Apis florea);one-third natural size. (Original.) APIS MELLIFERA—VARIOUS RACES. 15 THE COMMON HIVE OR HONEY (Apin mellifera Linn.) Besides the common brown or German bee imported from Europe tothis country some time in the seventeenth century and now widelyspread from the Atlantic to the Pacific, several other races have beenbrought here—the Italian in 1860, and later the Egyptian, the Cyprian,the Syrian, the Palestine, the Carniolun (Plate I, figs. 1, 4, and 5), andthe Tunisian. Of these t
. The honey bee: a manual of instruction in apiculture. Fig. 3.—Comb of tiny East Indian honey bee (Apis florea);one-third natural size. (Original.) APIS MELLIFERA—VARIOUS RACES. 15 THE COMMON HIVE OR HONEY (Apin mellifera Linn.) Besides the common brown or German bee imported from Europe tothis country some time in the seventeenth century and now widelyspread from the Atlantic to the Pacific, several other races have beenbrought here—the Italian in 1860, and later the Egyptian, the Cyprian,the Syrian, the Palestine, the Carniolun (Plate I, figs. 1, 4, and 5), andthe Tunisian. Of these the brown or German, the Italian, and, in afew apiaries, the Carniolan bees are probably the only races existingpure in the United States, the others having become more or lesshybridized with the brown race or among themselves or their cultiva-tion having been discontinued. It should also be remarked that sofew have kept their Carniolans pure that imrchasers who wish thisrace should use caution in their selection or else import their ownbreeding queens. There are many breeders of Italians from whomgood stock can be obtained. Egyptian beeswere tried some thirty years ago, but only to avery limited extent,
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