. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. â J'.i.: THE HUMBLE-REE 2. PSITHYEUS VESTALIS, Foucrier. Oui'.EX. âLai-i^c ; length 20-22 mm., expanse 40-43 mm. ; sometimes smaller. Head black. Thorax black, with a deep yellow Soften brownish-yellow) band in front. Abdomen black; with the 3rd segment lemon-yellow on the sides, except at the base. 4th segment white, 5th segment white on the sides. The dee[) j-cllow on the thorax is often
. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. â J'.i.: THE HUMBLE-REE 2. PSITHYEUS VESTALIS, Foucrier. Oui'.EX. âLai-i^c ; length 20-22 mm., expanse 40-43 mm. ; sometimes smaller. Head black. Thorax black, with a deep yellow Soften brownish-yellow) band in front. Abdomen black; with the 3rd segment lemon-yellow on the sides, except at the base. 4th segment white, 5th segment white on the sides. The dee[) j-cllow on the thorax is often narrow and darkened. 6th dorsal sey;mcnt shinin<T. The elevations on the sides of the 6th ventral sci,rment arc rid;4c-like and rounded, and converge toward the apex but they do not nearly meet there, and the s()acc between them there is thickly covered with short, velvety, golden hairs. â Length 15-1" mm., expanse 30-33 mm. Head black, often with a few yellow hairs on top. Thorax black, with a yellow band in front and sometimes a tew yellow hairs behind. Abdomen black ; with sometimes the 1st segment yellow (this band is not very prominent oA-ing to the paucity of the hairs ; with the 3rd segment yellow, but black in the middle at the ; and with the 4th and 5th segments white, the 6th segment more or less black in the middle and white at the sides, and the "th more or less black. Coat rather short ; and differing from that of every other species of Psithyrus in being even, not shaggy. Antennae long and thick ; length of flagellum 6 mm The 3rd joint of the antennae is much shorter than the 5th joint, which almost equals the 3rd and 4th together. Armature \er\- like that of /'.v. distitKtiis, but the iinier border of the forceps is densely fringed with short stiff la ? I I This species prc^ys on Boutbus lerrestris. It is verv common in the south and east of Entrland, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images tha
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