. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. ) National Geographic Society Painting by Hashime Murayama WASPS, BEES, AND NEAR RELATIONS BUZZ ABOUT CHOKECHERRY BLOSSOMS There are thousands of kinds of small parasitic wasplike insects. Because they prey upon crop- destroying .insects, they are valuable farmers' allies. Those under the glass arc enlarged five times, others are life size. (1) and (12) Leaf-cutter bees {Rlcoachile latimauiis); (2) a parasitic Chalcid-fly {Spilochalcis flavopicta); (3) a small Leaf-cutter [illegachile brevis);

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. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. ) National Geographic Society Painting by Hashime Murayama WASPS, BEES, AND NEAR RELATIONS BUZZ ABOUT CHOKECHERRY BLOSSOMS There are thousands of kinds of small parasitic wasplike insects. Because they prey upon crop- destroying .insects, they are valuable farmers' allies. Those under the glass arc enlarged five times, others are life size. (1) and (12) Leaf-cutter bees {Rlcoachile latimauiis); (2) a parasitic Chalcid-fly {Spilochalcis flavopicta); (3) a small Leaf-cutter [illegachile brevis); (4) a {Bracon Jiaetiia- todes); (5) Cardiochiles tibiatof, (6) a parasite of other parasites, Perilampiis hyalinns; (7) and (10) a "Sweat-bee" (Halic/iis stu/his), Plate I, fig. 4; (8) Bracon moifircalensis; (9) Eiip/wnispa/lipes, and (11) a Honeybee, Apismellifera. Opposite plate, upper, enlarged five times; lower, two and a half. VI. 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 Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society

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