. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FlG. 71.—A MUTILLID OR STINGING ANT, ROPHTHALMA 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 fl
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. FlG. 71.—A MUTILLID OR STINGING ANT, ROPHTHALMA 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 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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