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Show PROPOSE TO BREED A STINGLESS BEE AMHERST, Masa, May . Tha bookkeeping bureau af tbe Mnaaachu- ! sett agntultural college here haa aet Itwlf tha task of developing a bee that will aot sting and that at tha same time will bo twice or three time aa inriitBTrtoue aa the bee of today. 1'rof. Burton N. Gatea, atata inspector ! tf apiariee. who ia in charge of the . work, thinka that tha firat step in I solving the problem haa been arcom I plirhed with the importation of eperi-meoe eperi-meoe of a bee found in tha Buasiaa Caiicanua. "ThiaMjpe of bea." he aaya, 'ie remarkable for ita gentleneaa. It ia I not ideal ia some other directions, but I we hop to get what we want bf arose breeding. Some day, I think, we shall j breed bee. that will be great honey or wax producers and at tba samej tim. gentle nnd atinglena. |