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 efforts 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. 8S. 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 
