. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. The First Paper-Makkr 165 Last of all, as the really cold weather begins to set in, the queen wasp lays some other egj^s from which a small brood of males is finally developed. Nobody in the nest sets much store by these males : they are necessary evils, no more, so the wasps put up with them. It is humiliating to my stx, but I. NO. 6.—NESTS OF TREE-WASP, EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. cannot avoid mentioning the fact, that the produc- tion of males seems even to be a direct result of chill and unfavourable conditions. The best f


. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. The First Paper-Makkr 165 Last of all, as the really cold weather begins to set in, the queen wasp lays some other egj^s from which a small brood of males is finally developed. Nobody in the nest sets much store by these males : they are necessary evils, no more, so the wasps put up with them. It is humiliating to my stx, but I. NO. 6.—NESTS OF TREE-WASP, EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. cannot avoid mentioning the fact, that the produc- tion of males seems even to be a direct result of chill and unfavourable conditions. The best food and the biggest cells produce fertile queens ; the second best food and smaller cells produce workers ; finally, the enfeeblement due to approaching winter. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. New York : Doubleday & McClure


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