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time the egg is deposited. The number contained in one hive 
during the summer months is about 25,000. Besides accomplishing 
the ordinary work of the hive, they feed the larvae and gather the 
honey. The drones, or males, come to maturity in twenty-four days, 
and only exist in the swarming season, their sole use being to fertilize 
the young queens. The queen, or perfect female, is the mother of 
all the bees in the hive, and emerges on the fifteenth day. She 
produces two kinds of eggs, viz. female and male, the latter not 
being fertilized. If by reason of any deformity, the que n is never 
impregnated, then her eggs will hatch into drones. The structure and 
products of the bee were touched upon, especially the honey-sac, wax- 
pockets, pollen-baskets, and sting. Persons who were stung by bees 
were recommended to remove the sting, and avoid rubbing the spot. 
The ailments and enemies of bees were remarked upon, and pre¬ 
ventive methods suggested. 
In the second portion of his paper, Mr. Battley described some of 
the appliances that were used in modern bee-keeping ; the use of 
hives, frames, sections, smokers, extractors, wax foundation, etc., being 
illustrated by specimens on the table. He concluded by giving an 
explanation of some of the manipulations that were performed under 
the modern system. 
Mr. Milton proposed that a vote of thanks be given to Mr. Battley, 
which was seconded by Dr. Buckell, and carried unanimously. 
March lgth, 1891.—Mr. Hollis exhibited a series of Odo?iestis pota- 
toria , bred from larvae taken at St. Leonards, some of the $ specimens 
being intermediate in colour between the typically dark males and pale 
females ; also a long series of vars. of Teras contaminana. Mr. Battley, 
specimens of Hybernia leucophcearia , Phigalia pilosaria. Nyssia 
hispidaria , etc., taken in Richmond Park; also four specimens of 
Smerinthus Mice , bred this spring in a greenhouse. He pointed out 
that the specimens were very light in colour and almost entirely without 
the pink tinge generally seen in this species. Mr. Clark exhibited the 
specimens of b>. Mice figured in the March number of the Entomologist's 
Record , Mr. Battley reading the notes in the Record (vol. i., pp. 327, 
328) referring to these specimens. Mr. Tutt drew attention to the fact, 
that not only did the specimens show an almost perfect gradation from 
the unspotted form, to one with a complete band, but that the great 
interest of these specimens was in their asymmetrical character. He 
also referred to Dr. Buckell’s notes in a previous number of the Entom. 
Record (vol. i., p. 183), calling attention to asymmetry in the markings 
of Zeuzera cesculi (pyrina ), and suggested that the asymmetrical cha¬ 
racter of the markings of lepidoptera was worthy of further study and 
investigation. Mr. Clark also exhibited a box of Forres and Shetland 
lepidoptera, containing a large number of most interesting species. 
Mr. Tutt made some lengthy remarks on this exhibit, in which he drew 
attention to a perfectly melanic variety of Larentia ccesiata , Hepialus 
humuli var. hethlandica , melanic varieties of Noctua glareosa , Pachnobia 
hyperborea (alpina ) and Noctua festiva var. thulei. Mr. Tutt also said 
that his attention had lately been drawn to the genus Pachnobia , and 
stated that hyberborea , although included in Guenee’s genus Pachnobia , 
had been removed to Agrotis by Dr. Staudinger, and he thought its 
