. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 72.—A fossorial wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus. bees are also social, and make their nests in the ground; a female that has hibernated starting a new nest each spring. But most bees are solitary; that is, each female makes a nest for herself in the soil, in wood, or under stones. One of these, the leaf-cutter bee (MegachUe), cuts pieces of rose leaves with which to line her nest in a hollow of soft or rotten wood. Bees are the principal factor in the fertilization of all flowers that have colored petals. Indeed, in some coun- tries where they
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 72.—A fossorial wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus. bees are also social, and make their nests in the ground; a female that has hibernated starting a new nest each spring. But most bees are solitary; that is, each female makes a nest for herself in the soil, in wood, or under stones. One of these, the leaf-cutter bee (MegachUe), cuts pieces of rose leaves with which to line her nest in a hollow of soft or rotten wood. Bees are the principal factor in the fertilization of all flowers that have colored petals. Indeed, in some coun- tries where they have no bumblebees they can not raise clover seed until they have imported these —The white-faced hornet Vespa maculata. (After San 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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