. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. British the; ^AAA^-^. Communications to the Editor to be addrtiud ' Stbanoeways' Priutinq Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 33G. Vol. XVI.] NOVEMBER 29, 1888. [Published Weekly.] €iatiaxmlf ^otxm, &t. MINORCAN BEES. In July last wo announced that, through the kind- ness of Mr. P. 0. Andreu, there was a probability that the qualities of Minorcan bees would be tested in England. The queen, which was transmitted to Mr. Abbott, was safely introduced, and we have a further report from him in August that the queen had done we
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. British the; ^AAA^-^. Communications to the Editor to be addrtiud ' Stbanoeways' Priutinq Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 33G. Vol. XVI.] NOVEMBER 29, 1888. [Published Weekly.] €iatiaxmlf ^otxm, &t. MINORCAN BEES. In July last wo announced that, through the kind- ness of Mr. P. 0. Andreu, there was a probability that the qualities of Minorcan bees would be tested in England. The queen, which was transmitted to Mr. Abbott, was safely introduced, and we have a further report from him in August that the queen had done well, and that he had been able to raise a number of young queens ; but, owing to the bad season, there had been a difficulty in getting them fertilised, only one out of fourteen raised proving fertile ; also, owing to the weather, although Mr. Abbott had induced the queen to lay a large number of eggs in drone-cells, he could not per- Buade the worker-bees to rear the larva?, although they were well supplied with food. Mr. Abbott does not enter into the merits or demerits of the Minorcan race, as they have had no chance at present of showing what they are. Our correspond- ent, Mr. F. C. Andreu, had stated they resembled Carniolans, but it will be seen from a letter in our columns this week (to which we direct attention) that he corrects his former statement. He also alludes to what M. Bertrand says in respect to these bees in the Revue Internationale. We have had an opportunity of seeing these bees and found them different in appearance to Carniolans, re- sembling more closely our common bees, except that they are much darker, almost black, and appear to have a more glossy surface. We cannot say much for their temper, which appears very different from that of Carniolans. They seem much more irritable and inclined to sting. Of course there will be a difference in various colonies in this respect, and, like Cyprians and other stinging- races, those hives containing the youngest
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