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person many yards off; but by crossing the queens with 
Ligurian, or Carniolan drones, this disposition is corrected. 
It has been considered that hybrids are very vicious, but 
this is only half true; what I have stated above is strictly 
in accordance with fact, but when a yellow queen of some 
varieties is allowed to mate with a black drone, then, of 
course, the progeny resulting therefrom will be irritable, 
while their working qualities will be inferior to those of 
the cross recommended. Black drones are not required 
in breeding up a new strain, and should be rigorously 
excluded. 
Native Bees and Disease. 
Although I have shown these bees have some good 
qualities, nothing is so disheartening to the experienced 
bee-master than to see a bee-keeper clinging to native 
bees in a neighbourhood where foul brood, or the Isle 
of Wight disease, may be prevalent, and where he is, 
therefore, constantly subject to these complaints, and is 
always destroying good material, with no hope of ultimate 
profit. . 
Natives have several faults, apart from a rather bad 
temper. They are not sufficiently prolific, and do not 
store so late in the season as do Italians. But beyond 
all, they are helpless in the face of disease, and will not 
work with their owner when he attempts to cure the 
malady. 
Native bees rarely recover from brood diseases, and it 
has been noticed that nearly all apiaries lost by the Isle 
of Wight disease consisted of natives. 
LIGURIAN, OR ITALIAN BEES. 
These were the first yellow race introduced, and though 
much abused in some quarters, they have gradually gained 
ground until there is perhaps hardly a district where the 
