18 BULLETIN 1243, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLE 4.—Hibernation of the Mexican bean beetle, Birmingham, Ala., winter of 
1921-22. 
PATS Number | Number | Number | Number] Total 
Hill No er of square of |ofbeetles| of single | number 
ee feet colonies |foundin | beetles | of beetles 
searches. | covered. | found. | colonies.| found. | found. 
| aes eae het een 10 515 0 0 3 
Dae Ses eee Pee, Pe 20 1, 023 3 649 154 803 
5 oes eee. 25 | 17686 0 0 63 63 
ARIE Fae ee eee 3 344 1 30 32 62 
GSer ns A oleae Se 4 374 0 0 3 3 
Goce ae oe ee 3 196 0 0 1 1 
F (eRe el oe SS = 17 420 0 0 0 0 
er ey ee eee 5 1, 896 0 0 43 43 
Of Maa or han 42 | 7,989 4 233 287 520 
LO Ree ee - Se eS Cf 690 0 0 0 0 
Faas, is SO 7 | 1,075 0 0 1 1 
1 PRES! EL See eC 12 629 0 0 26 26 
VO Ace ee he ve li 2,287 0 0 34 34 
0 1 WR PSA SG ie ee, 1 &82 0 0 0 0 
TU ee aS a ee 5 500 0 0 38 38 
16) 2603 ee ee 19 644 0 0 2 2 
1 he palette cep eB ale fa ee 6 488 0 0 0 0 
Qos: 32 eee 8 991 0 0 0 0 
7d | MERA BOUT a Bg ee 9 1,113 0 0 0 0 
DY v4! ASS SE RAS NS 10 1,750 0 0 267 267 
PACE sie Senn EEN Settee, Rha 6 968 0 0 2 2 
Joy regi SAP ER MEDD 12 78 11 936 0 0 3 3 
D7, US Sat an eee ee 11 1, 152 0 0 0 0 
DAs SE OSI 2 Raises, CR 4 6 376 4 380 2 382 
OG Sehr eee ey 8 339 0 0 0 0 
Ot (Eas AE EES be te 5 480 0- 0 0 0 
Oe Set ee, mee meee nen 7 360 0 0 4 4 
D4! eee ee ee eee eae 5 603 0 0 1 1 
BOL ok ee ENS en 5 35 0 0 0 0 
SIT ee EAS Ce a 13 1, 433 0 0 11 11 
py sae Saye, Serhan Be 13 476 0 0 0 0 
Sore nes TENE eee 13 478 0 0 0 0 
nil ee ao oye 13 390 0 0 12 12 
AQE tes a cet 12 364 0 0 0 0 
AICS EAR faye a 9 361 0 0 0 0 
BD etek Rs 15 eeu ys 7 291 0 0 0 0 
AS! Be SARA SERS Aero 7 580 0 0 0 0 
ep fat 4 tm, BE Ly oe ae df 559 0 0 0 0 
45, Watt's farm.. 62 5, 086 0 0 9 9 
Totals ee 471 1,292 998 
TaBLE 5.—Hibernation of the Mexican bean beetle, Birmingham, Ala., winter of 
1922-23. 
Number | Number | Number, Total 
Hill No of of beetles| of single | number 
colonies |foundin| beetles | of beetles 
found. | colonies.}| found. | found. 
| Fe ree ena & 0 0 1 1 
7k i alg at ce We Lidia 0 0 uf 1 
BES os Se sae eae ae 0 0 10 10 
Ane Eee a eee ne 0 0 17 17 
Dee tet eo eee 0 0 0 0 
ne ES Ea EE 0 0 0 0 
Das are ea eer eos 0 0 0 0 
82 52 ar ee ee 0 0 0 0 
OS ce ee ee a 0 0 14 14 
jh ere a OE pete ) 0 0 0 
12-28 eee et 3 167 145 312 
LB. =. oe eee eee 0 0 0 0 
at pe ee he Eee 0 0 3 3 
16i ee Se oe 0 0 0 0 
LONG AE See |e 0 0 2 2 
D1 ite ses ee 0 0 31 31 
DO. ee ee 0 0 0 0 
5 Rey ee ct Sed OR 0 0 0 0 
DB ees. oe ene e 0 0 54 54 
PTB ARE xp phe S REN 0 0 0 0 
PATS i inde lh PS Ba 0 0 0 0 
Aa edn SU Ne 5 BA 0 0 4 4 
7h Nee SRE GE Om FEE 0 0 0 0 
Motel dscenenkews 3 167 282 449 
Approximately 12 square miles were included in hibernation scouting. The greatest distance beetles 
were found from a bean ee is one-half mile. The majority of the beetles found were within one- 
eighth to one-fourth mile from the nearest bean plantings. 
