168 THE HUMBLE-BEE VIII 
I have only once found a colony; this was in a 
squirrel’s nest in the top of a Scotch fir. It fre- 
quents heaths and is very partial to the flowers of 
Erica. Mr. Nevinson tells me he takes it also on 
bilberry. I have taken the males in October in 
Connemara on the fuchsia that grows wild there. 
Mr. Nevinson says that the hum of this species 
is almost as shrill as that of B. sylvarum. 
B. jonellus, variety nivalis, Smith. 
This variety, which is found in Shetland, is larger 
than the ordinary form (length of the queen 17-18 mm., 
expanse 31-33 mm.) and has the yellow bands wider 
and of a deeper tint, and the tail tawny instead of white, 
also the coat is longer and more shaggy. In the queen 
and worker the hairs of the corbicula are black, not 
reddish. 
This variety, or one approaching it, also occurs 
in the Outer Hebrides, a tawny-tailed male having 
been taken in Harris by Dale. 
Specimens of jone//us that have recently been 
sent me from Stromness, Orkney, resemble the 
ordinary English form, except in being slightly 
larger, in having a rather longer coat, and, in the 
case of some of the queens and workers, having the 
hairs of the corbicula black. 
