. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Agricultural; Zoology, Economic. 158 THE HONEY-BEE. golden yellow bands on the abdomen. Besides these two there are numerous other races of A. mellifica, such as the Garnio- lan, said to be a very docile race; the Himalayan, a blackish- brown variety with tawny hairs at the base of the abdomen, Imt smaller than ours; and the Maltese, very similar to ours, but also smaller. Two well-known types are the Syrian and Cyj/rian. The former is banded with yellow and black, and much resembles the Ligurian, but has more yellow on the venter : this race is
. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Agricultural; Zoology, Economic. 158 THE HONEY-BEE. golden yellow bands on the abdomen. Besides these two there are numerous other races of A. mellifica, such as the Garnio- lan, said to be a very docile race; the Himalayan, a blackish- brown variety with tawny hairs at the base of the abdomen, Imt smaller than ours; and the Maltese, very similar to ours, but also smaller. Two well-known types are the Syrian and Cyj/rian. The former is banded with yellow and black, and much resembles the Ligurian, but has more yellow on the venter : this race is most prolific, and easily handled. The Cyprian may be told by the briglit leather-coloured lunule which tips the thorax posteri- orly, and the venter is yellow to the tip : like the Syrian, it is most prolific, but savage. The Egyptian bee {A. fasciata) is. Fig. 69.âHoney-Beks. A, Apis mellifica v. Liguria; 3, A. mellifica : . â , A. dorsata. considered by some as a distinct species, but is probably only a variety of A. mcUijica. it is considerably smaller than the Italian. The pretty little Indian Bee (A. indica) was also at one time considered distinct from our hive-bee; but although very difi'erent in appearance, it is only a variety. It is exten- sively cultivated in India, and has tremendous hives, containing as many as 80,000 indi-\'iduals : it is a small bee, irith much golden yellow on the body. Various otlii'r races exist. The Giant Honey-bee of India {A. dorsata) (fig. 69, c) is much larger than any of the varieties of A. nwllitira, the worker being quite as large as a Ligurian (peen. The wings of A. dorsata are dusky black ; the base of the abdomen is dull orauge-yellow, and two pale yellow bands run across the remainder of the. 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 Theobald, Frederick
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