HERMAPHRODITE BEES. 
167 
Besides these there are Albino bees. We have two 
bottles before us now, containing about loo drones, 
taken from the same hive in 1885 and 1886, in which 
every drone has both compound and simple eyes 
white : presented to us by our friend, M. I’ertrand. 
These are not at all uncommon, 
and are mentioned by Berlepsch 
( 3 ), Vogel ( 166 ), and others. 
Girard ( 48 ) also mentions having 
seen them at the apiary of M. Drory 
at Bordeaux. 
Major V. Munn described them 
{^Bmienzeitung^ 1886), and stated Cy^opie. 
that if placed in a box they craw^led out, walked 
on the table, and fell on the floor, but evidently 
could not see, as they did not fly to the window. 
Vogel, who examined them microscopically, found 
the eyes quite transparent and destitute of pig- 
ment. The hairs and simple eyes were also quite 
white. We have had many similar drones sent to us 
as curiosities. 
Vogel also relates that on one occasion he had a 
worker bee which was perfectly white all over. 
