. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. 142 HOMES WITHOUT HAKDS. contained in the first. A third, fourth, and fifth terrace are added in this manner, all alike, the cells being so small that the mother Wasp cannot even put her head into them. It will be seen, therefore, that, as insects never grow after they have assumed the perfect form, the Wasps which have been bred in these cells must be very much smaller than their parent. They are, in fact, the worker wasps, or neuters, as they are sometime
. Homes without hands. : Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. Animals. 142 HOMES WITHOUT HAKDS. contained in the first. A third, fourth, and fifth terrace are added in this manner, all alike, the cells being so small that the mother Wasp cannot even put her head into them. It will be seen, therefore, that, as insects never grow after they have assumed the perfect form, the Wasps which have been bred in these cells must be very much smaller than their parent. They are, in fact, the worker wasps, or neuters, as they are sometimes called, whose entire life is devoted to labour, and who, in fact, are undeveloped WA8F NEST. Now, however, a change takes place. The cells of which the next few terraces are composed are of very much larger dimen- sions than the others, and are intended for the purpose of hatch- ing the grubs which will afterwards become perfect male and. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). London : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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