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to recognise some of the insects, and to 

 catch small wild bees, flies, etc., requires 

 a nimble entomologist. In 1908 Mr. C. F. 

 Vetch and I tried catching insects we saw 

 visiting apple blossoms. Professor F. V. 

 Theobald kindly named them for me. 

 They included : (1) Apis mellifica (hive 

 bee) ; (2) Bombus lapidarius (the stone 

 bumble bee) ; (3) Bombus terristris (the 

 large earth bumble bee) ; (4) Bombus 



hortorum (the small garden bumble bee). 

 (5) Bombus sylvarum (the shrill carder 

 bee); (6) Bombus derhamellus (the red- 

 shanked carder bee) ; (7) Bombus mus- 

 corum (the large carder bee); (8) 

 Psithyrus barbutellus (a parasite to 

 bumble bees) ; (9) BomlDylius major (a 

 fly); (10 and 11) Andrena Sp. (short- 

 tongued bees); (12) Hoplocampa tertre- 

 dinea (apple sawfly). 



