. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THB APIARY. 47 to separate them as species. Apis zonata of the East Indies, and Apis unicolor, are said to be very black. I append the following- chart, which I think represents pretty accurately the species, races and varieties of the genus Apis. (See page 48.) Where a race is followed by an interrogation point, there is a question if it should not be considered a variety of the last preceding race not thus marked. Some of the races, like the Italian, Cyprian, Greek, etc., Vogel considers had their origin i
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THB APIARY. 47 to separate them as species. Apis zonata of the East Indies, and Apis unicolor, are said to be very black. I append the following- chart, which I think represents pretty accurately the species, races and varieties of the genus Apis. (See page 48.) Where a race is followed by an interrogation point, there is a question if it should not be considered a variety of the last preceding race not thus marked. Some of the races, like the Italian, Cyprian, Greek, etc., Vogel considers had their origin in a cross between the yellow and black races. Vogel's con- clusion was reached from a long series of experiments, cross- ing Italian and German bees, and then breeding from such crosses. It seems likely that through the law of variation Fig. Head of Worker, magnifled.—Orlgijial. Antennis, Compound Eyes, Simple Eyes. each race might have originated independently, or possibly all, as varieties of the Eg-yptian bee. In the autumn of 1879, Mr. D. A. Jones, of Beeton, Ontario, Canada, inaugurated the grandest enterprise ever undertaken in the interest of apiculture. This was nothing less than to visit Cyprus, Syria, and the more distant India and the East Indies, for the purpose of securing and introducing into Amer- ica such species and races of bees as gave promise of superior excellence. Mr. Jones procured the services of Mr. Frank. 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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