. 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. w^. â Miliiirtii tM 12S THE HUMBLE-HEr: having in each case seen the queen tlying in and out on several ch'fterent occasions. I-lach was of a ditferent speciesâlapUariiis, tn-resiris, nuicralits, hoyfonim, and latrcillcllusâand I was looking forward with pleasure to digginfi; up the nests and transfer- ring them to observation domiciles as soon as the first workers appeared. Hut no workers were s
. 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. w^. â Miliiirtii tM 12S THE HUMBLE-HEr: having in each case seen the queen tlying in and out on several ch'fterent occasions. I-lach was of a ditferent speciesâlapUariiis, tn-resiris, nuicralits, hoyfonim, and latrcillcllusâand I was looking forward with pleasure to digginfi; up the nests and transfer- ring them to observation domiciles as soon as the first workers appeared. Hut no workers were seen, except in the case of the Icitrci/lclliis, and here when I came to take the nest the queen was not to be found. The weather improved towards the end of July, and in August nearly all my nests under wooden covers developed into populous colonies. The experiments were continued on a small scale in 1911. This season was in many ways the antithesis of the two preceding ones, the weather being continuously dry and warm, with the exception of a short period of showers and coolness towards the end of June, which, however, did not cause the humble-bees any inconvenience. Unfortunately the previous bad season had rendered queens less plenti- ful than usual, and lapidarijis queens in particular were scarcer than I had ever before remembered them to be. Nine domiciles were made with Sladen wooden covers : three of these were occupied, two by lapidaritts and one by a latrcillcllus. Twenty- two tin domiciles were made, but only three were occupied, two by lapidarius and one by syharitm. Twelve domiciles of terra-cotta, constructed on the principle of the tin domicile, but with the diameter at the bottom much larger than at the top, were also x»ii. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sladen, F. W. L
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