The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . BEES. may be so worn off as to be almost or entire-ly wanting? on an old bee, especially onthose that have been in the habit of robbingvery ninch. This is tlie exi)lanation of theglossy blackness of robbers often seen dodg-ing abont the hives. Perhaps sqneezingthrough small crevices has thiis worn offthe down,
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . BEES. may be so worn off as to be almost or entire-ly wanting? on an old bee, especially onthose that have been in the habit of robbingvery ninch. This is tlie exi)lanation of theglossy blackness of robbers often seen dodg-ing abont the hives. Perhaps sqneezingthrough small crevices has thiis worn offthe down, or it may be that pnshingthroughdense masses of bees has something to dowith it; for we often see such shiny blackbees in great immbers, in stocks that havebeen nearly suffocated by being confined to plainer than before. A, B, C, are the yellowbands of which we have heard so much,and they are neither down, plumage, noranything of that sort, as youMill see by tak-ing a careful look at an Italian on the win-dow. The scale, or horny substance of whichthe body is composed, is yellow, and almosttransparent, not black and opaque, as arethe rings of the common bee, or the lowerrings of the same first yellow band, A, is right down nextthe waist; now look carefully. It is very.
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