Séancc dn 1er Mars 191G 25 



Séance du 1 Mars 1916 



Prési(Ieiu-c de M. le D' Walteu Innks Bi:y 

 Xoiniiialioii : 

 Monsieur C.harles Amie esl iioninié inenil)i-e litulaiii'. 



Communications 



Notes on the Egyptian Honey-Bee 



l)v Dr. Lkwis (ìoLdii 



The l']^yp(ian Iloney-hee, Apis fasvidla is a very 

 (iisliiiel speeies ol' Honey bee, dilTerinii IVoni the Kuro- 

 pean speeies not only in eolouialion and size, but also 

 to some exlenl in its habits. 



Most of the Knroi)ean speeies oeeur still in a wild 

 stale, and ean still i)e found nesting in hollow dees or 

 in similar plaees. I have not yet lieard of sueh an oe- 

 eurrenee in the ease of tlie I'^gyptian bee, and am inclined 

 to consider it to be a more thoroughly domestic species 

 than any of its relali\es. 



In the Ibllowini; descriplion of the lire-habiis of the 

 Egyptian bee, I will have lo mention a number of lads 



