204 THE APIARY. 



Journal of Horticulture (then called the Cottage Gardener), 

 a periodical that regiilarly opens its columns to apiarian 

 subjects. Prior to this the Italian Alp, or, as it has been 

 named, the " Ligurian " bee, was unknown m this 

 COUNTRY, except to a few naturalists. The letter referred 

 to attracted the attention of that intelligent apiarian, 

 T. W. Woodbury, Esq., now so well known as the 

 "Devonshire Bee-Keeper." On the 19th of July, that 

 is, a fortnight after M. Hermann's offer, we received a 

 consignment of Italian Alp bees, — the first imported 

 into England. With these Mr. Woodbury also received 

 one queen-bee and a few workers, which he introduced 

 into a hive of English bees from which the queen had 

 been taken. His efforts were very successful, and " the 

 spring of 1 860 found him in possession of four Ligxirian- 

 ized stocks. " His subsequent experience with the Italian 

 Alp bee he has fully described in a communication to 

 the Bath and West of England Agricultural Journal. 



Subsequently, M. Hermann sent us a copy of his 

 pamphlet, entitled " The Italian Alp Bee; or, the Gold- 

 Mine of Husbandry, ' ' with the request that we should 

 have it translated from the German, and that copies of it 

 should be printed in the English language. The 

 pamphlet was speedily published by us, and although 

 singular as a literary production, it may be useful for the 

 advanced apiarian. , 



Certainly the bees are partially of an orange or 

 g-olden colour, and if one could believe the golden anti- 



