. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ffl «-^ < ^STAB/./s Q IN AMER^C^. 40th YEAR, CHICAGO, ILL, OCTOBER 18, 1900, No, 42. ^ Editorial Comments, ^i^ ^ Comparison of Races of Bees, or at least three of them, is given in the American Bee-Keeper by F. Greiner, and he ranges them as follows : In the order of general preference among bee-keepers, Italians stand at the head, Carniolans second, blacks last. In the order of beauty r Italians, Carniolans, blacks. As to gentleness : Carniolans, Italians, blacks. As to prolificness : Carniolans, Italians, blacks. By properly manipulating the broo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ffl «-^ < ^STAB/./s Q IN AMER^C^. 40th YEAR, CHICAGO, ILL, OCTOBER 18, 1900, No, 42. ^ Editorial Comments, ^i^ ^ Comparison of Races of Bees, or at least three of them, is given in the American Bee-Keeper by F. Greiner, and he ranges them as follows : In the order of general preference among bee-keepers, Italians stand at the head, Carniolans second, blacks last. In the order of beauty r Italians, Carniolans, blacks. As to gentleness : Carniolans, Italians, blacks. As to prolificness : Carniolans, Italians, blacks. By properly manipulating the brood-nest one can get an Italian queen to lay as many eggs as a Carniolan ; but left to themselves the Italians crowd the brood-nest with honey, preventing the queen from doing her best at laying. Carniolans are most given to swarming, Italians least. As to whiteness in capping honey, the order is : Car- niolans, blacks, Italians. Italians are worse than the others in gathering propolis and in storing pollen. In conclusion Mr. Greiner says : The special features which make the Italian bee a favorite with the bee-keepers generally are : 1, their beauty; 2, their manner of clinging to the combs while being han- dled, making it easy to find queens: 3, their gentleness ; 4, their greater vim and determination to keep their combs free from wax-moths, and protecting their hives better generally. Along all these lines they do excel the other races by a long way. How riany Acres Will Support loo Colonies? is a question sure to be askt sooner or later by every bee-keeper who desires to engage in bee-keeping to any considerable extent. Just as surely as he asks the question is he likely to be disappointed in getting an answer. Those of longest experience hardly dare to venture more than the broadest kind of a guess. When a positive answer is given, it is likely to be found nothing more than a guess, and some- times a very wild one. In the Canadian Bee Journal the unqualified statement is m
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