. The bee people. Bees. Botnbus, tbe Bumble-Bee. 169 The larva lies curled up in its cocoon, with its head bent over, as you can see in this next picture. But in a few days it changes into a pupa. The young pupa is very pretty, and it deserves its name. You know pupa means doll; and if the pupa, when first formed, does not look like a bee-doll, I do not know what it does look like. I will try to draw you some pictures of these pupae, though no pictures can do them justice. They are as white as snow, and sometimes have pink eyes, though sometimes their eyes are blue. They look as if they had be
. The bee people. Bees. Botnbus, tbe Bumble-Bee. 169 The larva lies curled up in its cocoon, with its head bent over, as you can see in this next picture. But in a few days it changes into a pupa. The young pupa is very pretty, and it deserves its name. You know pupa means doll; and if the pupa, when first formed, does not look like a bee-doll, I do not know what it does look like. I will try to draw you some pictures of these pupae, though no pictures can do them justice. They are as white as snow, and sometimes have pink eyes, though sometimes their eyes are blue. They look as if they had been very §3 beautifully carved from white ivory. You can see their little buds of wings held close to their sides, and their long white tongues down in front, and their pretty snow-white legs cuddled up close to their bodies, so as not to take up too much 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 Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858- [from old catalog]. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company
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