. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. ^MC" 394 Marvels of Insect Life. .*... i/:. &*t, and a little later the " blwm. The chrv-Hli- l-iid in the .flls fur some time. Sc, the workers (.ff t" enjov themselves duriiiR the verv -hort spcH of life still left to them. They knew tlKit with the lirst niKht-frost of autumn the nliUr and weaker of them would die. It was tluir last chance of a hrief spell of eiijovment unfcttercl bv th,' responsibilities of sisterhood, '^o thi-v-allied forth to a neiKh
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. ^MC" 394 Marvels of Insect Life. .*... i/:. &*t, and a little later the " blwm. The chrv-Hli- l-iid in the .flls fur some time. Sc, the workers (.ff t" enjov themselves duriiiR the verv -hort spcH of life still left to them. They knew tlKit with the lirst niKht-frost of autumn the nliUr and weaker of them would die. It was tluir last chance of a hrief spell of eiijovment unfcttercl bv th,' responsibilities of sisterhood, '^o thi-v-allied forth to a neiKhbourinf; iilum-tree where the fruit was burstiuK its skin with o-er- ,i,„.ness Tlu-\- had laboured long for the ..rower and his kind, killinR millions of InM'Cts to use as food for tin- (,'rubs in the combs, Old now for once thev had only pleasure to think ,,f Th> newlv emerged NirRin princess wi'nt with them, and feasted rovallv upon the sweet Uiices of Vict.,ria plums. It was there she mcl Wr husband, a smart \ounK drone from a neiKli- bonriuK nest. AlthouKh smart, he was, perhaps, n„t oxer-wise. After a brief but happy time toeether. he must venture to explore a bottk' that «as hangins from a branch. Whether it WIS the odour of that came from the bottle or the siKht of hundreds of other wasps insi<le, struKKlinK to drink of the liquid it con- tained she could not tell ; but he insisted on ™inB,'and paid foi his raslmess by Rettiiii; drowned. It is to be feared that the prince-s was not Rreatlv concerned at this loss, \\asp^ and bees and, indeed, most Insects, set but slight value upon their males. The responsibilities of parentage, and the toils consecpient thereon, are discharged bv the females. After she had feasted sufficiently on plum-juice, the princess flew into the o|-n window of a house, and her song as she flew around attracted the attention of a woman, who mailc various attempts to strike her down with a bread knife If the pr
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