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  ApiDiE. 
  — 
  Nylander 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  " 
  Suppleraentnm 
  adnotationum 
  in 
  expositio- 
  

   nem 
  Apum 
  borealiura," 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Annals 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Stockholm.' 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  note 
  on 
  cocoons 
  of 
  an 
  Osmia 
  inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  shell 
  of 
  

   Helix 
  aspersa, 
  Zool. 
  3498. 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  S. 
  Saunders, 
  proving 
  the 
  non-parasitism 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Hylteus, 
  

   appears 
  in 
  our 
  ' 
  Proceedings,' 
  April, 
  1852. 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  Andreua, 
  and 
  a 
  suggestion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  separation 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  

   and 
  female 
  cells 
  in 
  the 
  colony, 
  appears 
  on 
  the 
  wrapper 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Zoologist' 
  for 
  Septem- 
  

   ber, 
  1852. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Newman 
  has 
  published 
  some 
  additional 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  Bombi, 
  

   in 
  reply 
  to 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  (Proc. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  December, 
  1851). 
  He 
  has 
  likewise 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  an 
  extended 
  series 
  of 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  same' 
  insects 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Cottage 
  

   Gardener.' 
  

  

  A 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  the 
  juice 
  of 
  the 
  honeysuckle 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  neutraliz- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  stings 
  of 
  bees, 
  by 
  M. 
  Gumprecht, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Chemical 
  Gazette,' 
  (Gard. 
  

   Chron. 
  1853, 
  p. 
  71). 
  

  

  Bee 
  Culture. 
  — 
  A 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  articles 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Payne, 
  H. 
  

   W. 
  Newman, 
  a 
  Country 
  Curate, 
  and 
  other 
  writers, 
  upon 
  bee-culture, 
  have 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  the 
  ' 
  Cottage 
  Gardener.' 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Golding 
  has 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  London, 
  a 
  piece 
  

   of 
  honey-comb 
  consisting 
  of 
  brood 
  cells, 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  royal 
  cell 
  had 
  been 
  

   formed 
  ; 
  the 
  hive 
  having 
  previously 
  lost 
  its 
  queen. 
  Mr. 
  Golding, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  test 
  the 
  

   correctness 
  of 
  Huber's 
  statetnent 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  worker 
  bees 
  to 
  raise 
  a 
  new 
  

   queen 
  from 
  worker-grubs, 
  had 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  hive 
  this 
  piece 
  of 
  comb, 
  which 
  then 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  only 
  worker-cells. 
  A 
  young 
  queen 
  had 
  been 
  hatched 
  from 
  the 
  royal 
  cell 
  thus 
  

   formed 
  in 
  thirteen 
  days, 
  and 
  in 
  thirteen 
  more, 
  eggs 
  and 
  young 
  larvae 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   hive. 
  The 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  experiment 
  was 
  therefore 
  complete, 
  and 
  afforded 
  an 
  instance 
  

   of 
  the 
  facility 
  afforded 
  to 
  apiarians 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  hives 
  having 
  movable 
  leaves 
  or 
  bars. 
  

  

  A 
  paper 
  by 
  Mr. 
  O. 
  Pickard-Cambridge 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  for 
  January, 
  

   1853, 
  attributing 
  the 
  supposed 
  attacks 
  of 
  robber 
  bees 
  upon 
  a 
  hive, 
  with 
  its 
  attendant 
  

   confusion 
  and 
  bustle, 
  to 
  the 
  hurrying 
  away 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  from 
  a 
  hive 
  infested 
  by 
  

   the 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  honey-comb 
  moth, 
  which 
  leads 
  them 
  to 
  quit 
  it 
  in 
  disgust, 
  carrying 
  off 
  

   the 
  honey 
  with 
  them 
  to 
  a 
  new 
  and 
  more 
  suitable 
  abode. 
  As, 
  however, 
  the 
  whole 
  ho- 
  

   ney 
  of 
  a 
  hive 
  is 
  sometimes 
  removed 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  two, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  bees 
  can- 
  

   not, 
  in 
  so 
  short 
  a 
  time, 
  have 
  built 
  fresh 
  comb, 
  they 
  must, 
  if 
  the 
  supposition 
  be 
  correct, 
  

   take 
  up 
  their 
  abode 
  in 
  some 
  neighbouring 
  hive, 
  which 
  surely 
  cannot 
  take 
  place. 
  On 
  

   the 
  contrary, 
  I 
  have 
  myself, 
  in 
  cases 
  of 
  attacks 
  of 
  robber 
  bees, 
  powdered 
  the 
  invaders 
  

   with 
  flour, 
  and 
  traced 
  them 
  home 
  to 
  a 
  neighbour's 
  apiary. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Filleul 
  has 
  recorded 
  the 
  acceptance 
  by 
  a 
  hive 
  destitute 
  of 
  a 
  queen, 
  of 
  a 
  strange 
  

   queen, 
  (Zool. 
  October, 
  1852). 
  

  

  A 
  plan 
  of 
  keeping 
  bees 
  in 
  hives 
  constantly 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  full 
  light 
  of 
  day, 
  has 
  

   been 
  announced 
  as 
  eminently 
  successful, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Langstroth, 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  North 
  American 
  

   and 
  U. 
  S. 
  Gazette' 
  (Zool. 
  January, 
  1852), 
  thus 
  disproving 
  the 
  ordinary 
  opinion 
  that 
  

   bees 
  require 
  the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  light 
  from 
  their 
  abodes. 
  This 
  announcement 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  

   considerable 
  discussion 
  in 
  subsequent 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Zoologist,' 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ordi- 
  

   nary 
  opinion 
  is 
  generally 
  maintained 
  and 
  proved 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Newman, 
  Filleul, 
  

   and 
  Bevan. 
  

  

  