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recently, when, in the latter part of 1884, Mr. Herman Naveau, 
of Hamilton, obtained some of those bees from Queensland, 
and has had great success with them. 
ITALIAN BEES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
In South Australia, as Mr. Bonney informs me, the Chamber 
of Manufactures imported a colony of Italian bees from Mr. 
Fullwood, of Brisbane, in December, 1883, and succeeded in 
establishing them en Kangaroo Island, where they are doing 
remarkably well. Mr. Bonney himself has since successfully 
imported queens direct from Italy, a parcel of twelve from 
Bologna, to his order, having arrived safely in September, 1884, 
at Adelaide. He states that “around Adelaide, bee-keeping is 
now all the rage, very many persons taking it up as an amuse- 
ment, while « few are making it a means of livelihood.” Much 
credit is due to this gentleman for the trouble he has taken to 
place apiculture on a proper footing in South Australia. 
ITALIAN BEES IN TASMANIA. 
To Mr. Thos. Lloyd Hood, of Hobart, the gentleman already 
referred to, belongs the credit of being the first person to 
introduce Italian bees into Tasmania. They arrived at Hobart 
from New South Wales in the s.s. Flora, Captain Bennison, on 
the 4th October, 1884. Mr. Hood, writing in May, 1885, 
informs me that he has had great success with them. “ Though 
kept in the city they increased the first season to five strong 
colonies and two rather weak ones. Most of the young queens 
are hybrids.” 
SUITABILITY OF NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA FOR 
APICULTURE. 
Any person who had a practical knowledge of apiculture 
who had witnessed the results obtained from its improved 
scientific practice in Europe and America, and who afterwards 
visited the New Zealand and Australian colonies, could not 
fail to be struck with the advantages they offer for the prose- 
cution of the honey industry. First, as regards 
