BEE MANUAL. 15 



ITALIAN BEES IN QUEENSLAND. 



In order to remedy this state of things Mr. Fullwood very 

 properly determined to introduce Italian bees, which are known 

 to defend themselves more effectually than the German bee 

 against the inroads of moths, ants, and other enemies. In the 

 year 1880 he brought five queens with himself from Liverpool 

 to Melbourne, and thence to Brisbane. In 1882 he got twelve 

 queens sent direct from Charles Bianconcini of Bologna, and 

 of these five arrived alive ; and again in 1883 he got a second 

 consignment of twelve, of which seven arrived safely. These 

 spirited effoits appear to have been crowned with the success 

 they deserve. The Italian bees seem to be quite able for the 

 moths, and honey in abundance can be gathered by them in 

 Queensland. Owing to Mr. Fullwood's enterprise and example, 

 a number of people are now turning their attention to bee- 

 keeping, and I have no doubt that in a comparatively short 

 time, Queensland will show to the front as a honey-producing 

 country. 



ITALIAN BEES IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 



It is stated by Dr. Gerstaecker, that four stocks of Ligurian 

 bees were shipped in England by Mr. I. W. Woodbury, in Sep- 

 tember, 1862, and that they arrived safely in Australia, after a 

 passage of seventy-nine days. It does not appear, however, 

 that these stocks succeeded and propagated their race, any 

 more than a colony which Mr. Angus Mackay, the present 

 editor of the Town and Country Journal in Sydney, subsequently 

 brought with him to Brisbane, at great expense, from America, 

 Mr. S. McDonnell, of Sydney, imported two colonies from 

 America in 1880, and succeeded in raising stock from them ; 

 and later Mr. Abrams, a German bee-master, brought some 

 colonies with him from Italy in 1883, settled in Paramatta, 

 and having succeeded in rearing a pure race from his queens, 

 started an apiary for the Italian Bee-Farming Company, of 

 which he is the manager, and Mr. McDonnell secretary. 



ITALIAN BEES IN VICTORIA. 



In Victoria, we are told that the late Mr. Edward Wilson 

 had a stock of Ligurians sent out to him in 1862, by Messrs. 

 Neighbour and Sons ; but I am informed that no successful 

 attempt had been made to establish the race there until quite 



