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Childs
1955
Lemmings
Aug.13 Point Barrow, Alaska
In a lemming nest in the center of a small
hummock a few feet from T6-2-3?9
found a humble bees nest. It contained
22 bees and we hatched in the lab. What
would Monty do without us?
There is no doubt that there is little
or no "night" activity with the fall
in light intensity and temperature.
There was frost the last couple of
nights. Live rodent trapping on the late
run has been poor.
In the run between T7 & T5 across
the south end of central marsh I
note a great similarity in habitat
to that of the flats south of both area.
Particularly is the area along the
drainage in the marsh slot
similar with the arctophila sedge
band and sedge outside. Runways
are abundant. Therefore large
wind rows of winter mown grass
along the drainage. This would be
a good area for more study along with
the high polygons south of these. I
seem to recall we got Dicrostonyx
there in '51.