6o ROEBUCK : ON YORKSHIRE BEES. 



B. Latreillellus, (Kby.) Woolley (Smith MS.) 



Apathus rupestris, Fah.) Woolley (Smith MS.) 



A. vestal is, (Foun.) Woolley (Smith MS.) 

 Not uncommon at Pannal in 1870! 



A. Bar'outellus, (Kby.) "This bee occurs in great pro- 

 fusion in Yorkshire" (Smith, B. B. 1855, p. 238). Near Wake- 

 field in July 1852 (F. Smith, Zool. x. 3626). Woolley (Smith, 

 MS). 



A. campestris, (Fab.) Near Wakefield in July 1852 (F. 

 Smith, Zool. x. 3626). W^oolley (Smith MS.) 



Apis mellifica, L. The Hive Bee. 



Abundant : Leeds ! HaUfax ! Harrogate ! Pannal ! Grassing- 

 ton 1 Barwick-in-Elmete ! &c. So well-known an insect is the 

 subject of much superstition, and according to Murray's Hand- 

 book for Yorkshire its name probably enters into the etymology 

 of Bedale (Bee-dale) and other places. 



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Trans. Y.N.U., 1877. Series P 



