. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 48 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Jan. 30, 1896. and worker eggs ar3 identical in every way. A few independent and careful experiments on the Bombi next summer by those interested in these matters should settle this question, as well as possibly throw light on several obscure details on bee-life. To me it is always a strange thiDg that intelligent and practical bee-keepers should care so little for the wild bees. What is worse some look on them with a jealous eye and would even destroy the nests, supposing from ignorance that they rob their bee
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 48 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Jan. 30, 1896. and worker eggs ar3 identical in every way. A few independent and careful experiments on the Bombi next summer by those interested in these matters should settle this question, as well as possibly throw light on several obscure details on bee-life. To me it is always a strange thiDg that intelligent and practical bee-keepers should care so little for the wild bees. What is worse some look on them with a jealous eye and would even destroy the nests, supposing from ignorance that they rob their bee3 of their honey. la the coming season let those who have carried on hostilities with the despised "humble dumbledore," alter their views and rather try to investigate through its wdd cousins the conditions that have produced the useful insest that has been specially given into our charge. To would-be observers, I may mention that Bombas agrorum (formerly named muscorum), the common yellow carder bee, the nest of which is so commonly found in hay-fields and on grassy slopes, is one of the best examples of a pouch-makiDg humble-bee, and the irascible B. terrestris psithyrical form (formerly B. terrestris)âwhich is sketched balow, and is. Bombus terrestris. known from the true terrestris, in that it has a tawny instead of a white tailâis a good species to study as a typical pollen-storer. B. lapidarius, a red-tailed species, abundant in the eastern counties, is also a good instance of the latter kind. Trigone, carbonaria, lately described in the , and the equally curious species of the genus Melipona, come between Bombus and Apis. By reading the account given, (p. 437, vol. xxiii.), this will at once become apparent. For instance, the combs are stated to be horizontal, the nest is enlarged in an upward direction, and the honey is stored in special (â ells which are outside of the nest proper ; in thc«e particulars the Trigona Jeans towards Bombus. On the oth
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