The Progress of the Race 
the point of departure, or the point of 
arrival, of a strange social evolution, which 
it would be interesting to study more 
thoroughly. We may add that as far as 
the rearing of queens is concerned, the 
Cyprian bee approximates to the Syrian. 
And finally, there is yet another fact which 
establishes still more clearly that the cus- 
toms and prudent organisation of the hive 
are not the results of a primitive impulse, 
mechanically followed through different ages 
and climates, but that the spirit which 
governs the little republic is fully as capable 
of taking note of new conditions and turn- 
ing” these to the best advantage, as in times 
long past it was capable of meeting the 
dangers that hemmed it around. ‘Transport 
our black bee to California or Australia, and 
her habits will completely alter. Finding 
that summer is perpetual and flowers forever 
abundant, she will, after one or two years, be 
content to live from day to day, and gather 
only sufficient honey and pollen for the day’s 
consumption; and her thoughtful observa- 
tion of these new features triumphing over 
hereditary experience, she will cease to make 
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