. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 19(>5. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 243 thorn-selves most prolific. In conse- quence I now have ;^2 booming colo- nies of absolutely pure Caucasian bees to begin with in the spring. Our honey flow comes late in the season and it was with interest that watched the niml)le little Russian worlvcrs come and go. The imported stock tilled its hive about equal to any in the yard. Tlie other -stock were more or less mixed therefore could not fairly estimate their work. These bees are exceedingly gentle—• so gentle that they can be actually imposed upon wit
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 19(>5. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 243 thorn-selves most prolific. In conse- quence I now have ;^2 booming colo- nies of absolutely pure Caucasian bees to begin with in the spring. Our honey flow comes late in the season and it was with interest that watched the niml)le little Russian worlvcrs come and go. The imported stock tilled its hive about equal to any in the yard. Tlie other -stock were more or less mixed therefore could not fairly estimate their work. These bees are exceedingly gentle—• so gentle that they can be actually imposed upon without resentment. Little or no smoke is I'equired in their I sent some queens away and have ssince received encouraging letters from one of which I will make extracts, with the kind permission of the writer. Prof. Louis H. Scholl, Agricultural College, Texas, writes: "The queen came in tine condition and was intro- duced at once. It did not take long for her to take to house- keeping and she has pronounced her- self a good layer. I am well pleased with her and hope she will prove a "nice young lady" next spring so that we may be enabled to rear a number of daughter-s from ;. ['vK,', c~cz,fiJ THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS. RUSSIA. Facsimile of Postal Card from Prof. Benton to the Editor of The Bee-keeper. manipulation; the breath often only being needed to drive them back. They are quite nervouci under ma- nipulatioai but do not run off the combs nor pile in knots as do the blacks. The queen-s are dark, often liev. I). E. Lyon, Matawan, N. J., is entliusiastic over his Caucasians and has a tine article in "Counti-y Life in ; Tliere are several such letters as the above and 1 feel that we may varying however, and seem a little safely set the race down ais prolific shy. The workers are much smaller as well as gentle. than Italian; they are striped with narrow brownish hairs and have a brovv'nish cast somewhat like the Carniolans. The
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