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in the newspapers that such a one has imported a Ligurian 
swarm or queen. After a while I read that the Ligurian is 
shooting far ahead of the blacks ; again a short time and I 
read that the Ligurians have got foul brood. After a time I 
hear that the Ligurians are dead, after having infected a whole 
district with this abominable disease. Pure blacks are very 
rarely troubled with this or any other disease.” 
3. Poreign Varieties.—From a letter of “A Country Doctor,” 
published in the British Bee Journal, of March, 1876, we 
make the following brief addition to our descriptions on pp. 
43—46: “The Hungarian bee is described as black, and more 
industrious than the native [brown] bee. The Dalmatian 
is raven black, with a wasp-shaped body; very hardy and 
industrious, and remarkably gentle when unirritated. In re- 
ference to the tendency of bees to sting, Herr Cori [who is 
the writer’s authority] seems to show, from the various sorts 
he has cultivated, that the higher the merits of the bees 
generally, the less inclination is there to irascibility; but 
when once exited they sting more viciously. The Herzego- 
vinian bee is very similar to the Dalmatian, not however 
quite so black or so wasp-like. The first ring of the body 
when carefully observed has a slight yellowish appearance, 
which comes out very plainly when the body is kept in 
spirits. They are said to be as gentle as the Dalmatian, 
still more industrious, and the queens still more prolific.” The 
Grecian bees, which we have simply named in the text, are 
partially bronze and rust coloured. 
4. Anomalies.—Under this heading we will include a few 
of the more or less exceptional appearances and incidents in 
bee life, of an altogether miscellaneous character. 
(a) Drones born of an Unfertile Mother.—We are assured 
by Von Berlepsch that whether drones are descended from 
a fertile or unfertile queen, or even from a fertile worker, 
they prove on dissection to possess virile organs equally 
perfect. 
(6) Peculiar Queens.—Queens have been known to vary 
in size from real giantesses to no larger than ordinary workers. 
As a rule queens will not sting, whatever amount of irrita- 
