. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. ^ * JLEW of our common insects enjoy a wider intimate ac- ^P 1^ ^ quaintance with or a more respect- ful recognition from humanity than the wasps and hornets. Their ac- quaintance, with that of their yellow- jacket bee and bumble-bee relatives, is forced upon most of us at a ten- der and impressionable age, and leaves a lasting reminiscence. Having once been interviewed by a hornet, do we not remember him for life for his pains ? The bee has perhaps given us equally pointed excuse for r
. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. ^ * JLEW of our common insects enjoy a wider intimate ac- ^P 1^ ^ quaintance with or a more respect- ful recognition from humanity than the wasps and hornets. Their ac- quaintance, with that of their yellow- jacket bee and bumble-bee relatives, is forced upon most of us at a ten- der and impressionable age, and leaves a lasting reminiscence. Having once been interviewed by a hornet, do we not remember him for life for his pains ? The bee has perhaps given us equally pointed excuse for respectful, or rather disrespectful, con- sideration, and yet how different is our attitude to the bee in contrast with that towards the hornet! The discrimination is largely a matter of. 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 Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers
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