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these eggs be laid in cells not according to their nature, then the issue will be 
small female bees, and these are the mothers of the drones. 
According to this genealogy, the working bees are partly male and partly fe¬ 
male, and are indebted to the queen for their existence. On the other hand, the 
drones are begotten by the mother drones, according to the following genealogi¬ 
cal scale: 
The mother drones copulate with the male drones, and lay no other eggs than 
the drone eggs. Those drone eggs remain, first, either from want of a sufficient 
number of great cells, or from a hidden natural instinct, or from a wise and es¬ 
tablished view of the creator, in small and contracted cells; and are consequently 
unable so fully to develope themselves as their original disposition required. 
They must, however, as the germ to a great drone bee is once inherent in the 
egg, obtain in the progress of theirgrowth, some enlargement of their contracted 
cells, and consequently must come forth as natural drones like their fathers, who 
were bred in the great regular cells of the drones. Or secondly, they are bred 
in the regular drone cells appropriate to their natnre, and their original disposi¬ 
tions, and therefore issue the great drone bees, which must be considered as genu¬ 
ine males, according to the result of anatomical experience.—R. Huish, Esq.— 
Mag. Nat. Hist. 
(To be Continued.) 
PART III. 
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE, 
I.—QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
Imitation of Soils. —In the directions for cultivating certain flowers, parti¬ 
cular kinds of soil are recommended. As many Amateur gardeners have not the 
easy means of obtaining the various sorts stated. A short essay explaining what 
is the best way of imitating with common materials, so as to obtain a chance 
of partial success, would be very useful. C. C. C. C. 
Peach Trees grown from Stones bearing good Fruit. —Will some of 
your scientific correspondents inform me, if the fact which is previously stated, 
p. 28, be not of unusual occurrence ; or if common, whether it be not a readi¬ 
er mode of rearing fine healthy trees than the usual manner. G. S. Somerset. 
Culture of the Apple or Pear from Seed. —Will you or any of your 
correpondents have the goodness to give, through the columns of the Register, a 
detailed account of the Culture of the Apple and Pear from Seed, including the 
process of cross fertilization, choice of blossom, &c. whether the seed should be 
sown in Autumn, or remain in the fruit till Spring: also the best subsequent 
treatment, to make them bear fruit in the least possible time. There may be 
works on the subject, but if the particulars were more generally known, I make 
no doubt many would try their hands, from which it is possible some excellent 
varieties might result. N. S. 
