. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. THE BUTTEHFLY 49 with an ovipositor, or long tube, by which eggs can be placed at some distance Ijclow the surface. To the first division he- long the bees, wasps, and hornets, certain digging or boring wasps, and the ants. To the second division belong certain species, â as, for example, the ichneumon-flios, â which are parasitic on other insects, the gall-flies or gall-wasps, and the plant-eating Hymenoptera. The bees (Apidie') include both social species and those which lead solitary lives. Of the latter
. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. THE BUTTEHFLY 49 with an ovipositor, or long tube, by which eggs can be placed at some distance Ijclow the surface. To the first division he- long the bees, wasps, and hornets, certain digging or boring wasps, and the ants. To the second division belong certain species, â as, for example, the ichneumon-flios, â which are parasitic on other insects, the gall-flies or gall-wasps, and the plant-eating Hymenoptera. The bees (Apidie') include both social species and those which lead solitary lives. Of the latter, some dig their nests in the ground, others are masons and build their nests of mud, others are cari^enters and make tunnels through pithy plants or even sohd wood, while still others p^,-, sa^sombus, the bumblebee. are leaf-cutters. These leaf-cut- Nat. size. Photo, by ting bees carve circular disks from rose leaves, out of which they make cells for their young. Of the social bees, our native species belong to the genus Bomlnis, â the "bumble" bees (Fig. 53). The bumblebees build nests in the ground. The queens alone survive the â wdnter. In the spring each queen chooses some mouse nest or other readj'-formed cavitj^ in a meadow, and places within it a ball of pollen. Upon this food she lays eggs, which develop into worker bees. As soon as the workers are full- grown they begin the task of gathering food and the queen then devotes all her energy to egg-lajdng. Later in the season males and young queens also appear in the nest. The old and young queens dwell together in harmony until autmnn, when all the members of the colony perish excepting 1 From apis, 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 Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944; Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866
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