. Eyes and no eyes. ^ is black with soft bro^vnhairs over it. She clings to the leaf and turnsround in a circle bitingas she goes. Just beforeshe has finished sheopens her ^vings and sobalances herself in theair. Then, when thelast bite is made, sheflies off with the pieceof leaf carried be-tween her feet and herjaws. She goes to a hole inthe ground, which isstraight down for a littleway, and then turns, andruns along under the sur-face. Here she packs theleaf in and goes back formore. With severalpieces she makes a littlethimble, in which she laysan egg, with food roundit, and closes it witht
. Eyes and no eyes. ^ is black with soft bro^vnhairs over it. She clings to the leaf and turnsround in a circle bitingas she goes. Just beforeshe has finished sheopens her ^vings and sobalances herself in theair. Then, when thelast bite is made, sheflies off with the pieceof leaf carried be-tween her feet and herjaws. She goes to a hole inthe ground, which isstraight down for a littleway, and then turns, andruns along under the sur-face. Here she packs theleaf in and goes back formore. With severalpieces she makes a littlethimble, in which she laysan egg, with food roundit, and closes it withthree or four i-oundpieces. Then she begins another thimble, pushingit in, so that it fits a little way into the last this way she builds about seven cells, each withits egg and bee-bread, for the grubs to feed on tillthey turn into bees. Though you will easily see. NEST OF LEAF-CUTTING BEEIN A TREE. One Cell cut open showing the Grub. 1. Leaf cut for the Sides. 2. Leaf cut for Bottom of eacli Thimble. 54 INSEOT LIFE. the bees cutting the leaves, you will not so easilyfind their tunnels, for they fill in the earth again atthe top, so that the entrance cannot be seen. Thebest way is to follow a bee Avhich has been cutting^ a leaf, but she is so quick you willhave to be quick too. Sometimes shemakes her hole in a willow treewhen the wood is soft. There is another Osmia which jr-^t makes its nest in the stem of the /! bramble. It hollows out the pith and covers thecells with it. When yousee a blackberry stalk withthe end bitten off, you mayas well cut dowai a little waywith your knife and see ifthere is a tunnel in it, ^vithbee-cells, or wasp-cells, in-side. Another very curiousbee, called the Carder bee(4, p. 51), lines its tunnelwith fluffy hairs andcotton stripped off will remember thatthe ragged robin and wildcampion have t
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