. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. dee, the tongue is short (ascompared with the mentum, or chin) and flat (fig. 58,1).It is broad, obtuse, and bi-lobed or notched (somewhatlike that of the Wasp, but without glands at the tip) inthe two first genera; in the six remaining genera it ispointed, and triangular or more or less lanceolate. * In the following pages, the reader must be careful to distinguish be-tween the social Bees, those living in communities formed of 9, 5,and i, and the gregarious ox colonizing solitary B
. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. dee, the tongue is short (ascompared with the mentum, or chin) and flat (fig. 58,1).It is broad, obtuse, and bi-lobed or notched (somewhatlike that of the Wasp, but without glands at the tip) inthe two first genera; in the six remaining genera it ispointed, and triangular or more or less lanceolate. * In the following pages, the reader must be careful to distinguish be-tween the social Bees, those living in communities formed of 9, 5,and i, and the gregarious ox colonizing solitary Bees, of which many pairsburrow near each other. HYMENOPTERA.—ACULEATA. 225 In the second family, Apidse (fig. 59, 2), the tongueis long and cylindrical, and makes a double fold underthe mouth when in repose. The Andrenidse are all Solitary Bees, living eithersingly or in colonies; and therefore, there being nocommunity, no public works are required, and no supplyof extra workers is necessary. Each pair constructs itsown nest, and only the two perfect sexes are known inthese tribes. Fig, 58. Fig.
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