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wasp-like, and very black. The rings of their abdomens 
are banded with lightish yellow. Their honey is even 
more white and beautiful than that of the German race. 
Some of the best European bee-keepers claim that they 
are superior to the Italian bees. Akin to the Dalmatian 
bees are the Herzegovinian variety, which comes from the 
mountainous region of Bosnia, bordering on the Adriatic 
“Sea. A better marked variety—the Smyrnian bees—from 
Western Asia, are also much praised by some of the noted 
Austrian bee-keepers, as are also the Caucasian, from the 
Caucasus Mountains, which are said to be very active and 
amiable. The Tunisian bees, from Tunis in the north 
of Africa, are said to be even’ darker than the black or 
German bee, They are described as quite irritable. It is 
stated that there is a race of bees which are domesti- 
cated in the south of Africa. From the descriptions I 
should think them quite like our Albinos in appearance. 
They are said to be excellent honey producers and to work 
even by moonlight. It is quite likely that some of. these 
varieties might be found to endure our severe winters bet- 
-er than the pure German type or the Italians. Now that 
we are to have an experimental station in each State, we 
may expeet that all these races will be imported, that we 
may prove them and know which is the best. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
It would be a p’easing duty and not an unprofitable one, 
to give in this connection: a complete history of entomol- 
ogy so far as it relates to Apis mellifica. But this would 
take much space, and as there is quite a full history in books 
that I shall recommend to those who are eager to know 
‘more of this interesting department of natural history, I 
will not go into details. 
Aristotle wrote of bees more than three hundred years 
B.C. About three hundred years later, Virgil, in his 
fourth Georgic, gave to the world the views then extant 
on this subject, gathered largely from the writings of 
Aristotle. The poetry will ever be remarkable for its 
beauty and elegance—would that as much might be said 
for the subject matter, which, though full of interest, is 
