. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 554 THE BBTTISH BEE JOURNAL. Nov. 24, Do Bees Varnish Cells? [10572] In his very ineresting article on the Swiss , Mr. Illingworth asks (p. 514) for the meaning of " ; This may be translated "marking ; The bee-keepers who attend it are- taught how to assign points to a stock for nectar- gathering, non-swarming disposition, good temper, colour, etc. The stocks that gain highest marks are used to breed from. The " Punktierkurs," in fact, teaches the methods of selection on which
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 554 THE BBTTISH BEE JOURNAL. Nov. 24, Do Bees Varnish Cells? [10572] In his very ineresting article on the Swiss , Mr. Illingworth asks (p. 514) for the meaning of " ; This may be translated "marking ; The bee-keepers who attend it are- taught how to assign points to a stock for nectar- gathering, non-swarming disposition, good temper, colour, etc. The stocks that gain highest marks are used to breed from. The " Punktierkurs," in fact, teaches the methods of selection on which the Swiss " race-breeding " is based. With regard to Mr. Stich's belief (p. 528) that the bees varnish the cell after the young bee has left it, this appears to be correct. Moreover, Dr. « Brunnich, writing in the October Tidsskrift for Biarl (the organ of the Danish ), states that he has proved this varnish to consist of wax. If this be the case, there is much to be said (if the Edi- tors will forgive me for saying so) for Mr. Stich's contention that honey stored in such cells is clean. Wax being impervious to honey, the latter does not come into con- tact with the undesirable matters beneath the wax layer. In passing, does the larva? really "throw up its stomach "? The fore and hind intes- tines are cast with the skin ; the refuse being enabled to pass out of the stomach by the temporary opening of the passage into the hind-intestine (according to Dr. Zander's latest work). But the stomach-lining, originating fnom a different embryonic layer than that which forms the skin and intestine-linings, is surely not cast? I am much interested to hear that Mr. Hemming has seen drones sleeping in flowers (p. 511), or, indeed, visiting them at all. One always understood they never did so. As regards his classification of drones, is he sure that some at least of the difference in behaviour and temperament is not due" to the age of the drone? Newly-emerged
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