Show italian bees are most excellent superior to german type and gather more honey in course of year the queen IS s tile better half of the bee family all efforts of 0 the beekeeper bee beo keeper bring only failure unless there Is a good queen in tile the hive according to B A slocum 0 of cornell university no ko matter how good our equipment liow how well we have packed the bees tor for winter how ho w generous we are with winter stores of honey and sugar or how abundant the nectar in the blossoms the swarm cannot make a large crop of honey he said unless the queen is able to maintain a large colony 0 of strong active and healthy bees italian bees superior beekeepers Bee keepers mr slocum said believe italian bees are much superior to the german bees commonly known as black bees in nearly oll all respects they are better belter workers swarm less are more gentle and are much superior in cleaning clean lne out kuropcak Kurop can foul brood unfortunately tile the black bee was introduced into the united states more than two hundred years before the italian bee therefore the blacks have become fairly well established in all parts of the country they are now fount found wild in trees and rocks in every state from coast to coast and in many parts of canada consequently ly one very good reason why beekeepers bee keepers should rear their own queen bees or secure them from reputable breeders bleeders bre eders is to get rid of the black bees find and hybrids liy brids prolific queen needed every colony must be headed by abood a good prolific queen authorities agree there Is not so muel much difference in the honey getting ability inherited by tile the different colonies as there is in the condition of f the colonies that Is they produce produce large honey crops because coll conditions d lions within the hives are ideal this means a large number of strong young bees in healthy condition with conditions around the hive suitable for them to work eff effectively active the go good od queen Is 13 extreme ly prolific and lays around 2000 eggs a day such a queen must be large and should have a deep body A great number of eggs is necessary because the amount of honey made by the colony varies directly with the number of strong young bees in it |