159 



bees, 12 bumble bees, 5 smaller wild 

 bees, 1 other insect. 

 Apple.— 1912, April 19 to May 11; 1919, 

 May 7 to 26; 1921, April 5 to May 14— 

 263 hive bees, 36 bumble bees, 21 



by Mr. H. C. Chapelow)— 797 hive 

 bees, 32 bumble and other wild bees, 

 24 flies and other insects. 

 L0G.4NBERRY.— 1912, May 19 to 30 (ob- 

 served by Mr. H. C. Chapelow)— 1,292 



* A 





{Uumbas [Boiiibus (Psithyrus {Buiabijlius 



derhamellus) muscorum) harbutcllus) major) 



Insect Visitors of the Apple. (Caught by C. F. Vetch and C. H. Hooper.) 

 Kindly named by F. V. Theobald. 



smaller wild bees, 51 ants, 23 flies, 3 

 earwigs, 2 thrips, 104 beetles (includ- 

 ing 24 weevils, small brown, steel-blue 

 and tiny black beetles, also 1 click 

 beetle). 



Strawberry. — 1912 — Visited by few in- 

 sects, though hives of bees near. 



R.ASPBERRY.— 1912, May 21 to 30 (observed 



hive bees, 61 bumble and other wild 

 bees, 79 flies and other insects. 

 Quince.— 1912, May 1 to 10— Four hive 

 bees, many ants. 



These notes are rough, only a few 

 minutes a day being devoted to the ob- 

 servation. It needs an eye like a hawk's 



