Gleanings in bee culture . lans. In this con-nection I ought to add that the governmentstrait! of these bees (Carniolans) weie verygentle. After inspecting the government queen-rearing opeiaticjus. Dr. Phillips kindly pilot-etl me over to one of their buildings (a mu-seum, 1 think) where he introduced me toMr. Holla P. Curry, in (charge. There wasan exhibit there, in which Dr. Phillips thoughtI would be very nuuh interested. It wasnothing more nor less than some wax modelsof honey-bees and a honey-comb, enlargedto some tive or six inches in length, withcombs to correspond. These specimens were
Gleanings in bee culture . lans. In this con-nection I ought to add that the governmentstrait! of these bees (Carniolans) weie verygentle. After inspecting the government queen-rearing opeiaticjus. Dr. Phillips kindly pilot-etl me over to one of their buildings (a mu-seum, 1 think) where he introduced me toMr. Holla P. Curry, in (charge. There wasan exhibit there, in which Dr. Phillips thoughtI would be very nuuh interested. It wasnothing more nor less than some wax modelsof honey-bees and a honey-comb, enlargedto some tive or six inches in length, withcombs to correspond. These specimens weremade by the celebrated model-maker Auzoux,who, it appears, has made many other mod-els of varitms insects for the Bureau of En-tomology. Notwithstanding that these mod-els of bees were kept in a glass case not easyof acc^ess for the purpose of photographing,Mr. Curry very kindly consented to removethe glass, at no little work, and have themodels removed and set outside of the build-ing. They were placed on the steps of the. WAX MODELS OF HOxVEY-BEES AND , ENLAKGED TEN TIMES (BY AUZOUX, THECELEBRATED FRENCH MODEL-MAKEK), ON EXHIBITION IN THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, WASHINGTON, D. C. 190; GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 175 entrance, where I secured a number of pho-tos, two of which are here reproduced. It will be observed that these models canbe dissected, showing the entire anatomical BEE KEEPING IN CUBA.
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Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbees, bookyear1874
