It has heretofore mainly consisted in the addition of rice, sand, and shop-sweepings, but recently a trade has sprung up in the sale of “poivrette” or “pepperette,” a substance which is made in Italy by grinding olive stones, and is sold in this country at about 1d. a lb., whereas the price of the pepper with which it is mixed is from 8d. to 1s.6d. a lb.

The triungulinids may be forcibly removed by the bee, as was observed by Smith (1859) with regard to Andrena trimmerana.

He swans around that stinking office in his expensive clothes that are a little too tight for comfort, he swans around that stinking office without a care in the world.

Sometimes I e-mail a quick thank-you-for-increasing-my-googlability to a blogger, hoping they'll mention the thank you, adding another page to my number.