138 THE HUMBLE-BEE VI 
angry buzz and out rushed a ¢errestris queen! 
Next morning at 7.0 this queen was seen at the 
mouth of her tunnel busily trying to bite off bits 
of roots and grass and dragging all the loose pieces 
she could find into the hole. Carefully regarding 
her I saw that the indentations in her wings cor- 
responded with those that I had sketched of the 
queen that I had put into this nest five days 
previously; so there was no doubt about her 
identity. I dropped bits of nest material and grass 
roots close to her, but when she discovered these 
she got alarmed, and spreading her wings she flew 
straight away, fortunately without seeing me. At 
7.30 P.M. she was again at home, and I noticed that 
the nest material that I had dropped had been 
drawn into the mouth of the tunnel, which was so 
much choked with it that it was rendered quite 
inconspicuous. | 
On June 17 I made an examination of the nest 
and found that the honey-pot I had provided had 
not been utilised, and that the nest had been made 
in quite a different part of the nest-material. There 
were nine cocoons, larger than usual for the first 
batch, with some eggs on top of them and the 
honey-pot close by. 
On the same day, wishing to get a photograph 
of a queen sitting on her brood, I| selected this one, 
and after catching her in my net I carried the nest 
to a suitable spot for taking the picture. To make 
a satisfactory exposure it was necessary for the 
queen to sit still for about half-a-minute, and several 
