| Show BEES MARK MANS COMING wild ones all descended from those thor once D domesticated alt all the honey bees in this country having originally been imported from europe or alsa there is no ino racial difference between the wild ones and the domesticated those that live in trees are simply the descendants of those that tha t from time to time have taken french leave from their owners hives and reverted to a state of nature the vast bulk of the wild bees are of the german or black race while the standard domesticated bee Is the italian hilt but that however la Is only because the germans were the first to be introduced here just when the germans came Is in doubt but it was some time in the seventeenth century certainly it was not until near the close of the eighteenth century that any bees were found west of thid the mississippi the indians used to say they could mark the advance of the white whiteman man by the appearance of bees in the woods the italian hees bees were arsi imported in 1860 better temper ed cd and more industrious than tho the germans ricans they have become popular with but as many still keep the german bee and others have the hybrid formed by the crossing of tho the two races while while countless italians allana It now have taken to the woods there thera to breed thore more hybrids itla itis clear that there Is no sure way of distinguishing between the wild bee and the caged outing magazine |
