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cleanliness, resistance to disease, and the tendency to collect flower honey rather than honey dew. The last-named trait is of value only in countries where the colour of the honey determines the price. The Ligustica has shown that she is able to produce good crops from the red clover. In one other characteristic has the Ligustica proved exceptional and that is in her resistance to Acarine. This is especially true of the dark, leather-coloured variety, whereas the golden strains are highly susceptible to Acarine.
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of honey into brood. These light coloured varieties are likewise as already stated unusually susceptible to Acarine. The reason for this is not known in spite of all the work spent on trying to find it. It is all the more surprising when we consider that the dark, leather-coloured Ligustica has over a period of more than 60 years proved to be one of the most resistant to Acarine.
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a week's stopover in Sydney, the bees arrived in Brisbane. The government of the colony of South Australia passed legislation in 1885 intended to "encourage the culture of Ligurian Bees on Kangaroo Island." Honey from Kangaroo Island is marketed (in 2014) as being from the only pure Ligurian bees in the world.
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in South Australia, sourced from Brisbane where they were previously imported in 1880 from Italy by Chas. Fullwood. Jas. Carroll received a hive of Italian bees in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1877 when Angus Mackay accompanied a hive aboard the City of New York, packaged by Harbison in California. After
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Curiously enough, all the above mentioned faults of the Ligustica appear in greatly emphasised form in the very light coloured strains, with an additional one, an unusually high consumption of stores. In European countries such strains have proved highly unsatisfactory as they tend to turn every drop
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From the commercial and breeding point of view the value of the Ligustica lies in a happy synthesis of a great number of good characteristics. Among these we must mention industry, gentleness, fertility, reluctance to swarm, zeal for building comb, white honey-cappings, a willingness to enter supers,
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There is strong evidence that the subsequent Italian virgin queens hybridised with the English 'black' bee previously imported (source: Barrett, P. "The Immigrant Bees, 1788 to 1898", Vol. IV). Wilhelm Abram brought several queens from Italy to Sydney in December 1880 but it's probable they reached
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The almost exclusive concentration of these light-coloured Italian strains in North America seems to be due to the fact that in sub-tropical Southern and Western States the large queen-rearing centres are concerned mainly with the sale of bees, where honey production plays a secondary role. Hence
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The Ligustica has her drawbacks, and these are serious. She lacks vitality and is inclined to excessive brood rearing. These two faults are the root cause of her other disadvantages. She has too a tendency to drift which is caused by a poor sense of orientation and this can prove a drawback where
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Breeders of Italian bees, as well as other honey bee subspecies, look for certain beneficial characteristics. Depending on the breeding goal, one or more of the following characteristics may be emphasized:
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superb comb builder (writing in Switzerland in 1862, H. C. Hermann stated the comb of an Italian bee-cell occupied only 15 cells for every 16 of the common black bee, and the cubic content was larger by
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Color: Abdomen has brown and yellow bands. Among different strains of Italian bees, there are three different colors: Leather; bright yellow (golden); and very pale yellow (Cordovan).
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the strong brood rearing disposition often results in large food consumption in late winter or early spring that causes spring dwindling and hence slow or tardy spring development
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they need a bee which is given to brood rearing to an extreme degree, something which in entirely different climatic conditions constitutes a serious drawback.
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are more concerned with nectar processing behaviors, honey storage, and adult maintenance over brood expansion when compared to the African honey bee,
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Fewell, Jennifer H.; Susan M. Bertram (2002). "Evidence for genetic variation in worker task performance by African and European honeybees".
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tendency to collect flower honey rather than honey dew (of value only in countries where the colour of the honey determines the price)
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first introduced the Italian bee to Britain in 1859, and regarded it as vastly superior to the Old British Black bee (
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colonies are set out in rows facing in one direction as is the common practice in apiaries almost world-wide
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cleanliness/excellent housekeeper (which some scientists think might be a factor in disease resistance)
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Size: Their bodies are smaller and their overhairs are shorter than those of the darker honeybee races.
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alps in northern Italy are often referred to as the Ligurian bee, which is claimed only survives on
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brood rearing starts late and lasts long into late summer or autumn, irrespective of nectar flow
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Brother Adam, "Breeding the Honeybee" (Northern Bee Books: Mytholmroyd, 1987), pp. 96–98.
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Brother Adam, "Breeding the Honeybee" (Northern Bee Books: Mytholmroyd, 1987), pp. 97–98.
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Brother Adam, "Breeding the Honeybee" (Northern Bee Books: Mytholmroyd, 1987), pp. 96–98.
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for areas with continuous nectar flow and favorable weather throughout the summer
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1862 introduced to Australia, on 9 December into Victoria aboard the steam ship
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The Italian honey bee is endemic to the continental part of Italy, south of the
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Franck, P.; Garnery, L.; Celebrano, G.; Solignac, M.; Cornuet, J.-M. (2000).
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Italian bees, having been conditioned to the warmer climate of the central
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Italian honey bees festooning between two Langstroth hive frames
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Barrett, P. "The Immigrant Bees, 1788 to 1898", Vols. I-III)
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Resistance to various diseases including tracheal mite and
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While the Italian bee has many strong points, among the
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shows strong disposition to breeding and very prolific
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to cool temperate, but it is less successful in humid
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
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Apis
A. mellifera
Trinomial name
Spinola
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western honey bee
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