. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Ill a little difference in manipulation, will produce queens several shades darker.— J. A. Green. We do not care for color, if they have the yellow rings, and their workers are gentle and stay on the combs when we raise them out of the hive.—Dadant & Son. Yellow, or a dark brown color. How- ever, in rare instances I have seen queens as dark as black queens produce fine 3-banded Italian bees.—Mrs. Jen- nie Atchley. If I were buying "Italian queens," and knew nothing of their mating, I would expect the three yellow ba
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Ill a little difference in manipulation, will produce queens several shades darker.— J. A. Green. We do not care for color, if they have the yellow rings, and their workers are gentle and stay on the combs when we raise them out of the hive.—Dadant & Son. Yellow, or a dark brown color. How- ever, in rare instances I have seen queens as dark as black queens produce fine 3-banded Italian bees.—Mrs. Jen- nie Atchley. If I were buying "Italian queens," and knew nothing of their mating, I would expect the three yellow bands, with the other Italian characteristics.— H. D. Cutting. I would have to depend on the adver- tisement of the breeder, and expect what he promised ; it might be light or leather-colored, three or five banded.— S. I. Freeborn. Anywhere from nearly black to a nearly yellow abdomen, just in accord with their being reared from an imported queen, or the mother of 5-banded bees. —G. M. DOOLITTLE. Italian queens vary from almost coal- black to almost golden yellow, and in purchasing many I should expect to get almost all shades of color between those two extremes.—R. L. Taylor. I should expect them to show a yellow abdomen all except the tip. But it is said on good authority that some of the imported Italian queens of undoubted purity are quite dark all over.—G. L. Tinker. Pure Italian queens vary very much in color from bright yellow to dark. Im- ported queens generally average darker than homebred. I have had some nearly as dark as some black queens.—J. P. H. Brown. I should prefer a dark strain, and would expect each worker to be marked with three yellow bands. I have never found the very bright yellow bees so good as gatherers, though usually very amiable.—A. J. Cook. Of at least three bands of golden yel- low ; with legs and lower part of the abdomen same color—balance, grayish black. The queen should show nearly the entire abdomen of orange yellow ; tho
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