Editing Italian bee (section)

===Weaknesses===
*lacks vitality
*inclined to excessive brood rearing
*susceptibility to disease
*high consumption of stores<ref name="auto"/>
*more prone to drifting and [[robbing]] than the other principal races of Europe.
*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
*brood rearing starts late and lasts long into late summer or autumn, irrespective of nectar flow
*tends to forage over shorter distances than either ''[[Apis mellifera carnica|carnica]]'' or ''mellifera'', and may therefore be less effective in poorer nectar flows
*for cool maritime regions
*for areas with strong spring flow
*for areas with periods of dearth of nectar in the summer