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The first bees brought to California
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> The first bees were brought to California in the seventeenth century by the Spanish fathers. These are known as “the little black Spanish bee’’ throughout the state. Mr. John S. Harbison brought the first Italian bees from the states to California and introduced and distributed them throughout California, selling colonies as high as $40 per colony. -- THE WESTERN HONEY BEE, March, 1915

So far as I know, this has never been corroborated, but it's interesting to wonder about

PLB

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