. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The True 3ees The large carpenter bees, however, do not confine them- selves to the stems of plants. Their burrows are so large that they are frequently made in the dead trunks of old trees and com- monly in lumber, and even in the joists of buildings. The commonest of the large carpenter bees in this country is Xyloco- pj virginica. This large bla
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The True 3ees The large carpenter bees, however, do not confine them- selves to the stems of plants. Their burrows are so large that they are frequently made in the dead trunks of old trees and com- monly in lumber, and even in the joists of buildings. The commonest of the large carpenter bees in this country is Xyloco- pj virginica. This large black-bodied bee, as big as the biggest bumblebee, but with a (latter and less hairy abdomen, bores symmetrical tunnels into solid wood, choosing in civilized regions fence and boards. The burrow is a half-inch in dianteter. and runs horizontally across the grain for about the length of the insect's body, and is then turned downward at right angles and runs with the grain from twelve to eighteen inches. In this bor- ing the bee progresses at the average rate of about half an inch a day, occupying at least two days in digging the first portion against the grain of the wood. After the burrow is once com- menced, their persistence in returning to continue the work, in spite of all obstacles, is very rema. kable. One of these indefatig -ble bees. Fig. 6.—Ugs of different bees : a. ., 1), Mulissodis; c. I'erditj • d, .\omada: e, .\gapostenion; f, Numij. (From Insect Life) once Started a burrow in a lintel over the front door of the writer's house in Georgetown. She was repeatedly driven away, was struck with a broom a number of times, and finally ceased from her only because kerosene was squirted at her through a syringe with accurate aim. It was the hand of death alone which released her from her Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance o
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