British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . ps, the queen hum-ble-bees are brnl in the Jiests in largenumbers towards the end of the summer(July to September). They then leave thenests, and -diU^r being fertilised they bur-row singly into the ground or into thickmoss or thatch, and there pass the winter Sept. 27, 1906.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 388 in a torpid or semi-torpid condition, wak-ing up in the spring to found fresh species prefer to hibernate in banksor slopes facing north or noi-th-W?st atdVptlis varying from 6ins. to 2ft., wherethey are often dug up by gardeners,labou
British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . ps, the queen hum-ble-bees are brnl in the Jiests in largenumbers towards the end of the summer(July to September). They then leave thenests, and -diU^r being fertilised they bur-row singly into the ground or into thickmoss or thatch, and there pass the winter Sept. 27, 1906.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 388 in a torpid or semi-torpid condition, wak-ing up in the spring to found fresh species prefer to hibernate in banksor slopes facing north or noi-th-W?st atdVptlis varying from 6ins. to 2ft., wherethey are often dug up by gardeners,labourei-s, and others. Others species arefrequent^ly found by thatchers when remov-ing old thatch from barns and cottages. It will be s<?en by the advertisement onanother page tlvit Is. each is offered fordesirable specimens. At least ten timesthe number obtained last year are found they should .be placed withsome damp moss in a small tin box, havinga few holes pierced in it for ventilation,and sent to me by post. They should hi. Bombus terrestris. disturbed as little as possible and kejjt ina cool place. Specimens that may befound flying or on flowers are not are about twelve Bi-itish speciesof humbl?-bees, and any of these are ac-ceptable, except one common species, , and the very similar and closelyallied species B. lucorum, also the species
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