
ERBEN 
Section nicht unterworfen, da zu sehr vertrocknet, vermuthe 
aber, dass Geschlechtstheile verkrüppelte Q sind, weil das Thier — 
den Arbeiterstachel besitzt!« — Yh See 
72. Apis mellifiea L. (Gr. IH. 2a) eas 
| Smith (30 p. XIV). Va 
‚A monstrosity, partly 3: partly ©. Antennae © on 
both sides; eyes worker; left anterior leg (4; the right interme- 
diate leg and also the posterior one 4; the abdomen bas the 
silky gloss of a d and is in form partly so, being more blunt 
at the apex: the fas organ of generation is partly protruded. - 
This specimen was sent to me by Mr. Woodbury, of Exeter. 
73. Apis mellifica L. (Gr. I. 2g.) 
Flett (36 p. 199). 
„Enclosed I beg to send you an abnormal specimen of the 
Honey-bee (Apis mellifica). You will observe that the two sides 
of the insect are quite different, the right being that of a worker 
and the left that of a drone. The difference will be best seen 
in the eyes, one of which is much larger than the other; and 
also in the hind-legs, that on the one side having the pollen- 
basket of the worker, that on the other being without it. You 
will also observe the fringe of hair on the latter segments of the 
abdomen, as seen on drones. — W. FLETT, Dempster Street, Wick, 
Aug. 4, 1877. [The specimen — which has unfortunately been 
destroyed by an accident — had all the peculiarities pointed out 
by our correspondent. — EDITOR ‘Scot. Nat.’]< 
74. Apis mellifiea L. neath, 
Dodge (37 p. 498.) 
» The science of Apiculture has been so thoroughly studied 
by thousands ‘of close observers in the past, that new discoveries 
in the natural history of the honey-bee are now seldom made. 
I do not propose to offer anything entirely new on this occasion, 
but if I can interest you for a few moments my object shall be 
accomplished. ; s 
You are no doubt aware that all deformed or abnormal 
forms of bees are immediately cast out of de hive by the workers, 
and speedily perish. It is from this fact that they so often es- 
