Italian bees are gentler and more chic than the Austrian variety.

Large single loads of nectar may weigh 70 mg for Italian bees.

At present this subspecies is the second most popular among beekeepers (after the Italian bee).

The Italian bee is light colored and mostly leather colored, but some strains are golden.

He was responsible for introducing Ligurian or Italian bees to Britain in 1859.

It is very similar to Apis mellifera ligustica, the Italian bee.

Among the races of the Western honeybee the Italian bee has been identified with an especially strong tendency to rob.

Breeders of Italian bees, as well as other honey bee races, look for certain beneficial characteristics.

African honey bees are leather colored, difficult to distinguish by eye from darker strains of Italian bees.

Apis mellifera ligustica, classified by Spinola, 1806 - the Italian bee.

While the Italian bee has many strong points, among the A.m. ligustica it has a large number of weak points:

Later Italian bees, Carniolan honey bees and Caucasian bees were added.

"The Mahan-Parsons Italian bee controversy: part.

VSH outcrossed to commercial Italian bees recently have been shown to perform well in migratory crop pollination.

Italian bees are very prolific and inclined to swarm; Northern European black bees have a strong tendency to supersede their old queen without swarming.

Kerr became well known for his research on the hybridization of the African bee and the Italian bee (Apis mellifera ligustica).

Among different strains of Italian bees, there are three different colors: Leather; bright yellow (golden); and very pale yellow (Cordovan).

In 1859, Langstroth arranged to start importing Italian Bees from Jan Dzeirzon of Silesia.

They constitute a sub-species of the European honey bee; they are smaller than Italian bees and larger than the Caucasian honey bee.

The noted beekeeper, Thomas White Woodbury, first introduced the Italian bee to Britain in 1859 and regarded it as vastly superior to the English Black.

Apis mellifera ligustica is the Italian bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Italian bees, having been conditioned to the warmer climate of the central Mediterranean, are less able to cope with the "hard" winters and cool, wet springs of more northern latitudes.

Brother Adam, a bee breeder and developer of the Buckfast bee, characterized the Italian bee in his book Breeding the Honeybee:

The Jane Streeters were not convinced that his "very gentle" Italian bees would be benign, but soon after, Graves says, a "secret sponsor" offered him space at an undisclosed location.

In 1853 he acquired a colony of Italian bees to use as genetic markers in his research, and sent their progeny "to all the countries of Europe, and even to America."

It is very similar to Apis mellifera ligustica, the Italian bee.

Apis mellifera ligustica, classified by Spinola, 1806 - the Italian bee.

Only the Apis mellifera carnica and Apis mellifera ligustica colonies survived.

Kerr became well known for his research on the hybridization of the African bee and the Italian bee (Apis mellifera ligustica).

In spring 2009 two Italian honey bee (Apis mellifera ligustica) hives were introduced to the garden at Buckingham Palace.

Apis mellifera ligustica is the Italian bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera).

A recent study demonstrated that a mixed colony of Asiatic honeybees (Apis cerana cerana) and European honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) were gradually able to understand one another's 'dialects' of waggle dance.

In 1914 a parasite, Acarapis woodi that originated on the Isle of Wight extended over the UK devastating all the native bees and only the Apis mellifera carnica and Apis mellifera ligustica colonies survived.

The most common race used in the United States today is the Italian bee, Apis mellifera ligustica, which has been used for several thousand years in some parts of the world and in the Americas since the arrival of the European colonists.

For example, a rate of seven circuits per second means a distance from hive to food of about 400 yards to an Apis mellifera carnica, 330 yards to an Apis mellifera mellifera, or 260 yards to an Apis mellifera ligustica.

Italian bees are gentler and more chic than the Austrian variety.

Large single loads of nectar may weigh 70 mg for Italian bees.

At present this subspecies is the second most popular among beekeepers (after the Italian bee).

The Italian bee is light colored and mostly leather colored, but some strains are golden.

He was responsible for introducing Ligurian or Italian bees to Britain in 1859.

It is very similar to Apis mellifera ligustica, the Italian bee.

Among the races of the Western honeybee the Italian bee has been identified with an especially strong tendency to rob.

Breeders of Italian bees, as well as other honey bee races, look for certain beneficial characteristics.

African honey bees are leather colored, difficult to distinguish by eye from darker strains of Italian bees.

Apis mellifera ligustica, classified by Spinola, 1806 - the Italian bee.

While the Italian bee has many strong points, among the A.m. ligustica it has a large number of weak points:

Later Italian bees, Carniolan honey bees and Caucasian bees were added.

"The Mahan-Parsons Italian bee controversy: part.

VSH outcrossed to commercial Italian bees recently have been shown to perform well in migratory crop pollination.

Italian bees are very prolific and inclined to swarm; Northern European black bees have a strong tendency to supersede their old queen without swarming.

Kerr became well known for his research on the hybridization of the African bee and the Italian bee (Apis mellifera ligustica).

Among different strains of Italian bees, there are three different colors: Leather; bright yellow (golden); and very pale yellow (Cordovan).

In 1859, Langstroth arranged to start importing Italian Bees from Jan Dzeirzon of Silesia.

They constitute a sub-species of the European honey bee; they are smaller than Italian bees and larger than the Caucasian honey bee.

The noted beekeeper, Thomas White Woodbury, first introduced the Italian bee to Britain in 1859 and regarded it as vastly superior to the English Black.

Apis mellifera ligustica is the Italian bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Italian bees, having been conditioned to the warmer climate of the central Mediterranean, are less able to cope with the "hard" winters and cool, wet springs of more northern latitudes.

Brother Adam, a bee breeder and developer of the Buckfast bee, characterized the Italian bee in his book Breeding the Honeybee:

The Jane Streeters were not convinced that his "very gentle" Italian bees would be benign, but soon after, Graves says, a "secret sponsor" offered him space at an undisclosed location.

In 1853 he acquired a colony of Italian bees to use as genetic markers in his research, and sent their progeny "to all the countries of Europe, and even to America."

It is very similar to Apis mellifera ligustica, the Italian bee.

Apis mellifera ligustica, classified by Spinola, 1806 - the Italian bee.

Only the Apis mellifera carnica and Apis mellifera ligustica colonies survived.

Kerr became well known for his research on the hybridization of the African bee and the Italian bee (Apis mellifera ligustica).

In spring 2009 two Italian honey bee (Apis mellifera ligustica) hives were introduced to the garden at Buckingham Palace.

Apis mellifera ligustica is the Italian bee which is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera).

A recent study demonstrated that a mixed colony of Asiatic honeybees (Apis cerana cerana) and European honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) were gradually able to understand one another's 'dialects' of waggle dance.

In 1914 a parasite, Acarapis woodi that originated on the Isle of Wight extended over the UK devastating all the native bees and only the Apis mellifera carnica and Apis mellifera ligustica colonies survived.

The most common race used in the United States today is the Italian bee, Apis mellifera ligustica, which has been used for several thousand years in some parts of the world and in the Americas since the arrival of the European colonists.

For example, a rate of seven circuits per second means a distance from hive to food of about 400 yards to an Apis mellifera carnica, 330 yards to an Apis mellifera mellifera, or 260 yards to an Apis mellifera ligustica.