I goo] Poole — Ants and Bees. 93 



NOTES ON THE PERIODICAL APPEARANCE OF ANTS 

 IN A CHIMNEY AND ON AN UNUSUAL SITE FOR A 

 HUMBLE-BEE'S NEST. 



By Henry S. Poole, F.G.S., Stell.irton, N.S. 

 (Read before Nova Scolian Institute of Science, Fob. 12, 1900.) 



For many years, possibly fifteen, a flight of ants has annually 

 tumbled down a chimney in the office of the Acadia Coal Co. at 

 Stellarton, N.S., g^enerally on Aug-ust 24th, sometimes a day or 

 two later, and occasionally a few ants again appear as late as the 

 middle of September. Fires are used in the chimney each winter. 

 A tinned roof has been put on the office since the ants first were 

 seen, and the top of the chimney has been thoroughly repaired by 

 masons without finding a nest. The habitat selected seems un- 

 usual, and so far has not led to the similar adoption by colonies 

 of other chimneys in the same building. 



In a grove of young fir trees, about eight feet from the 

 ground, 1 noticed one autumn a large Robin's nest in unusually 

 good repair. On pulling down the tree tcp the nest was found to 

 be full, with a dome-shaped cover. It was occupied by Humble- 

 bees and a small comb with larvai in it. Such a situation for a 

 Humble-bee's nest, I am told, has been seen before, but appar- 

 ently it is unusual. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



It is with deep regret that we have to record the death ot one 

 of our members who for many years has been an active field- 

 botanist in the little-worked island of Newfoundland, the Rev. 

 Arthur C. Waghorne, late of the Bay of Islands, Nfld. Owing 

 to ill-health, Mr. Waghorne resigned his charge this spring and 

 died recently at Gordon Town, in Jamaica. 



" Mr. Waghorne came to Newfoundland over twenty-five 



years ago He was a man of strong personality, devoutly 



attached to his Church and her interests, and was an ardent 

 student of Botany, especially that of this country. His contribu- 

 tions to this science have made his name well and widely known 

 outside of this island, many plants peculiar to it bearing his 

 name." — St. John's Evening Telegram. 



