188 THE HUMBLE-BEE VII 
a single worker. In the east of England it has been 
met with at Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Southwold, 
and Brandon. In the midlands, and in Yorkshire, 
Lancashire, and farther north it is more common, 
though it does not appear to be anywhere plentiful. 
I have received specimens from Perthshire and 
Orkney. It has also been recorded from the Isle 
of Man; from North Uist in the Hebrides; and in 
Ireland from Co. Kerry, Co. Wexford, Co. Wicklow, 
Co. Carlow, and Co. Kildare. 
Smith states that he found a nest in Yorkshire, 
and ‘‘on disturbing it the bees emitted a powerful 
aromatic odour; the community, although it con- 
tained males and females, was small.’ 
1 Catalogue of the British Bees in the Collection of the British Museum, 
by F. Smith, 2nd edition (1876) 1891, p. 202. 
