VIII. 
CON TENES 
INTRODUCTION é 
. LIFE-HISTORY OF BOMBUS 
. PSITHYRUS, THE USURPER-BEE 
PARASITES AND ENEMIES OF THE HUMBLE-BEE 
FINDING AND TAKING NESTS 
. A HUMBLE-BEE HOUSE 
. DOMESTICATION OF THE HUMBLE-BEE 
Attracting Queens to occupy Artificial Domiciles 
Getting Queens to breed in Confinement. 
Placing Queens in Empty Nests. 
Complete Domestication 
How TO DISTINGUISH THE BRITISH SPECIES 
Preliminary Remarks 
Table of the British Species 
Bombus lapidarius 
sf terrestris 
»,  lucorum 
»»  soroénsis 
»  pratorum 
» jonellus 
cs » var, nivalis 
»,  lapponicus 
cullumanus 
is ruderatus 
»  hortorum 
»»  latreillellus 
3 distinguendus 
1X 
102 
104 
130 
139 
143 
143 
152 
154 
158 
160 
162 
165 
167 
168 
169 
Fil 
173 
179 
182 
187 
