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half way affair like the intoxication of the bee by the 

 poppy, but death absolute. I have been observing bees in 

 -the blooms of Eucalyptus tereticornis since then and have 

 iailed to note any unpleasant effect on these busy bodies. 

 At Dr. Wernigk's, in the Alhambra, ttere are a number 

 >of swarms of bees adjoining a grove of Eucalyptus. In 

 this grove are both tereticornis and rostrata. Eucalyptus 

 -tereticornis is in full bloom and the bees visit it freely. 

 In looking under the trees, on the bee line to the hives 

 .and at the entrance I found one dead bee. The bees and 

 the trees have been at the Doctor's for a long time. 

 During this period he has never noticed dead bees about 

 his place. Chickens might have eaten the dead bees. The 

 -report, however, recalls the one from Riverside on Eucalyp- 

 tus rostrata, its close ally, as an apicide. My observations 

 then fail to confirm those of Dr. Woodbridge and Mr. 

 .Shorting at South Pasadena. 



Dr. Woodbridge tells me that he saw about a dozen 

 bees drop and die in a grove of Eucalyptus tereticornis 

 .and he presumes it was after visiting the flowers. The 

 Doctor is a careful and reliable observer and we must 

 therefore look out for both tereticornis and rostrata in bee 

 territory. I visited the South Pasadena grove cited and 

 observed great numbers of bees working on the profuse and 

 beautiful tereticornis flowers. I saw none fall, nor did the 

 bees appear to be in any way unusually affected. I found 

 on the ground one dead bee. Again, chickens might account 

 for this absence of dead bees. Mr. Shorting assures me 

 that a large number of dead bees were on the road near 

 this grove a few days ago. The largest and oldest groves 

 of Eucalyptus tereticornis and of Eucalyptus rostrata in 

 this State are at Elwood. Hon. El wood Cooper informs 



