Betty McAdam wrote

> Although the Ligurian bee sanctuary lists three hives being brought to 
> Kangaroo Island to commence conservation of this pure strain for future 
> generations, there is oral history about a queen bee breeder around 1886 
> which is more vague.

In 1883, the South Australian Chamber of Manufacturers obtained some 
colonies of Ligurian from Mr. Charles Fullwood in Brisbane, Queensland, 
Australia and these were taken to Kangaroo Island and were the first on the 
island.

In 1882 Charles Fullwood had imported Ligurian queens direct from Bologna in 
Italy.  It doesn't say if the pure Ligurians or daughters off these were 
sent to Kangaroo Island.  If they were daughters, they would have almost 
certainly been mated with Apis mellifera mellifera drones as there are only 
records of Ligurians as early as 1877 and 1880 in Brisbane and they say 
these failed until the 1882 importation.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA 

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