. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. ?4 THE BBB-KKBPBR S GUIDB ; Mr. S. B. Parsons broug^ht the first colonies that were im- ported direct from Italy. The Italian worker-bee is quickly distinguished by the brig^ht yellow ring's at the base of the abdomen. Perhaps golden would be a better term, as these bands are often bright orange. If the colony be pure, every bee will show three of these golden girdles (Fig. 9, A, B. C). The first two segments Fig. Abdomen of Itnllmi ^Yorker. (From A. I. Root Co.) or rings of the abdomen, except at their posterior borde
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. ?4 THE BBB-KKBPBR S GUIDB ; Mr. S. B. Parsons broug^ht the first colonies that were im- ported direct from Italy. The Italian worker-bee is quickly distinguished by the brig^ht yellow ring's at the base of the abdomen. Perhaps golden would be a better term, as these bands are often bright orange. If the colony be pure, every bee will show three of these golden girdles (Fig. 9, A, B. C). The first two segments Fig. Abdomen of Itnllmi ^Yorker. (From A. I. Root Co.) or rings of the abdomen, except at their posterior border, and also the base or anterior border of the third, will be of this orange-yellow hue. The rest of the back or dorsal surface will be much as in the German race. Underneath the abdomen, except for a greater or less distance at the tip, will also be yellow, while the same color appears more or less strongly marked on the legs. The workers have longer ligulae or tongues (Fig. 54) than the German race, permitting them to gather nectar from long flower-tubes, which is inaccessible to our common bees, and their tongues are also a little more hairy than are those of the black bees. They are also more active, and less inclined to sting. The queen has the entire base of her abdomen, and sometimes nearly the whole of it, orange-yellow. The variation as to amount of color is quite. 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 & Co.
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