. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . Is one of the largest and most remarkable species of the wasp. It is twiceas large as the common wasp, and is also distinguished by a black breast, 1 Vespa crabro, Lin. 848 INSECTA-BEE. and double black spots on the belly; the head is also longer and slendererand the eyes somewhat resembling a half moon. It is extremely bold am1venomous. Its predominant passion is for flesh, and, when hungry, two 01three of them will seize upon a small bird, kill it, and devour
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . Is one of the largest and most remarkable species of the wasp. It is twiceas large as the common wasp, and is also distinguished by a black breast, 1 Vespa crabro, Lin. 848 INSECTA-BEE. and double black spots on the belly; the head is also longer and slendererand the eyes somewhat resembling a half moon. It is extremely bold am1venomous. Its predominant passion is for flesh, and, when hungry, two 01three of them will seize upon a small bird, kill it, and devour its flesh. Nay,it has even been said, that singly, it will attack and conquer a sparrow. THE Queen. Working Bee. Drone. The domestic bee differs in a variety of particulars from most other ammals, and admits a threefold description, under its various characters otqueen bee, drone bee, and working bee; for though this last kind is, strictlyspeaking, the only honeybee, yet as all the three kinds are found, and seem tobe necessary, in every community or hive of bees, they go under the samegeneral name of apis mellifica, while at the same time they differ so muchfrom each other, (more indeed than some different species of the same genusof other animals,) that a particular and separate description of each is neces-sary. The drones may easily be distinguished from the common or working bees. They are both larger and longer in the body. Their heads arfround, their >eyes full, and their tongues short. The form of the belly differsfrom those of both queeii and common bees ; and their color is darker thaneither. They have nti sting, and they make a much greater noise whenflying than
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