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PHILADELPHIA, PA., MARCH, 1913. 



An eminent zoologist wrote, many years ago : 



The anatomical error in reference to the auricles of Reptiles and 

 Batrachians on the part of Linnaeus fcor uniloculare, uniaurituml is 

 extremely interesting, since it shows to what an extent the most patent 

 facts may escape the observation of even the greatest observers, and 

 what an amount of repeated dissection and unprejudiced attention has 

 been necessary before the structure of the commonest animals has be- 

 come known 



Tt is astonishing how many good observers it requires to dissect and 

 draw and record over and over again the structure of an animal be- 

 fore an approximately correct account of it is obtained.* 



If these remarks be true concerning the acquisition of ana- 

 tomical truth, how much more strongly must similar reflections 

 apply to the ascertainment of physiological fact. The honey 

 or hive bee, through its partial domestication by man, must 

 surely be reckoned among the commonest insects ; its structure 

 and its habits have been repeatedly described by observers in 

 different countries. Yet, according to the recent publications 

 of Dr. D. B. Casteel,f the conceptions hitherto prevailing as 



* E. R. Lankester, art. Zoology, Encyc. Brit., gth edit., Vol. XXIV. p. 

 806. 1888. 



fThe Manipulation of the Wax Scales of the Honey Bee. By D. B. 

 Casteel, Ph.D. Circular No. 161, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture. Issued October 4, 1912. 



The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting. By D. B. 

 Casteel, Ph.D. Bulletin No. 121 of the same. Issued December 31, 

 1912. 



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