. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. .v:^: '>. r t I 11 74 THE HUMBLE-BEE IV will completely destroy a large comb in a few days, riddling it with their silk-lined tunnels and reducing it to an impenetrable, sponge-like mass of web and debris. Upon this lump the humble-bees, deprived of all their cells and brood, sit listlessly, unable to help themselves. The caterpillars, when they are full fed, creep out of the nest in a body an
. The humble-bee [microform] : its life-history and how to domesticate it with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. Bees; Apiculture; Abeilles; Abeilles; Bee culture; Bees. .v:^: '>. r t I 11 74 THE HUMBLE-BEE IV will completely destroy a large comb in a few days, riddling it with their silk-lined tunnels and reducing it to an impenetrable, sponge-like mass of web and debris. Upon this lump the humble-bees, deprived of all their cells and brood, sit listlessly, unable to help themselves. The caterpillars, when they are full fed, creep out of the nest in a body and spin their long tough cocoons, laying them side by side in a bunch. The cocoons form a dirty white ball. lM<;. , Citerpillar of A/'ltomia SMidla ; 2, of delta ; 2:. rii|Mriiini of ditto ; , \^\xsx of I'oliicdla bombyUm ; 4, Larva of I',:. All natural size. which might easily be mistaken for a lump of rubbish. Here the caterpillars pass the winter, changing to pupce in May. The moths, which emerge in June, are dingy white, with brown markings and with the anterior wings tinged in front with green, which soon rubs off. B. dcrhainelliis, one of the surface- dwelling species that generally makes its nest earlier than the others, is very apt to fall a prey to wax- moth caterpillars. I have also found them in the nests of /). tcrrcstris, B. hortorum, and other under- ground dwellers, but I have never seen them in. 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 Sladen, F. W. L. (Frederick William Lambert), 1876?-1921. London ; Toronto : MacMillan
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