. Elementary entomology. Insects. FIG. 426. A common short-tongued bee (An- drena sp.). (Slightly enlarged). forming large villages. Some of the smaller forms mine into the sides of sand banks and cliffs, their numerous holes making the surface appear as if it had received a charge from a shotgun. These little females of the genus Halictns have the interesting habit of making FlG 42_ A mining. a common burrow into a bank and then each bee (Haiictns lenntxii making a side passage to her own cells, so va,r- nibontm c^1-)- (Slightly enlarged) that, as Professor Comstock aptly remarks, ' While And
. Elementary entomology. Insects. FIG. 426. A common short-tongued bee (An- drena sp.). (Slightly enlarged). forming large villages. Some of the smaller forms mine into the sides of sand banks and cliffs, their numerous holes making the surface appear as if it had received a charge from a shotgun. These little females of the genus Halictns have the interesting habit of making FlG 42_ A mining. a common burrow into a bank and then each bee (Haiictns lenntxii making a side passage to her own cells, so va,r- nibontm c^1-)- (Slightly enlarged) that, as Professor Comstock aptly remarks, ' While Andrena builds villages composed of individual homes, Halictus makes cities composed of apartment ;. 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and Company
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