. Scientific American Volume 03 Number 17 (October 1860). eptember 15, this stock was examined toascertain what proportion of the bees wereof the Italian race. Taking out the framesone by one, both sides of the comb werecarefully inspected, and, so far as I couldascertain, at lcat nine-tenths of the bees-were purely Italian. Also, on the 17th ofof July, I gave an Italian queen to anotherstock of native bees. This stock was alsoexamined to-day in the presence of a friend,who assisted me in the examination. Ex-amining the combs, as before, we did notfind in this stock a single native bee 1 Thisc
. Scientific American Volume 03 Number 17 (October 1860). eptember 15, this stock was examined toascertain what proportion of the bees wereof the Italian race. Taking out the framesone by one, both sides of the comb werecarefully inspected, and, so far as I couldascertain, at lcat nine-tenths of the bees-were purely Italian. Also, on the 17th ofof July, I gave an Italian queen to anotherstock of native bees. This stock was alsoexamined to-day in the presence of a friend,who assisted me in the examination. Ex-amining the combs, as before, we did notfind in this stock a single native bee 1 Thischange has taken place, as will be observed,in less than two months. Since the 17thJuly, I have taken out of this colonycombs of maturing Italian brood—givingthem to other stock—more than enough tomake a good colony of bees. Thus, it willbe seen that the natural life of the honey-bee, in either of these instances, wouldscarcely exceed three months; also, that itrequires only a few months to change anapiary of native bees to those of the Italian INVENTORS, MACHINISTS, MILLWRIGHTS,AND MANUFACTURERS. The SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN lias been published FifteenYeahs, and is the Repertory of Inventions and Discoveries collectedfrom all parts of the world. It is indispensable to the Inventor andPatentee ; each number containing a complete official list of theclaims of all the patents issued each week at tne United States PatentOffice, besides elaborate notices of the most important inventions,many of which are accompanied with engravings executed in thehighest degree of perfection, as each number of the paper testifies. To the Mechanic and Manufacturer the SCIENTIFIC AMERI-CAN is important, as articles in every number treat of matters per- •taining to their business. Terms. To mail subscribers: Two Dollars a Year, or One Dollar for Six Months. One Dollar pays for one complete volume of 416 pages ; two volumes comprise one year. The volumes commence on tbe first of Jandaby and July
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