Animal life in the sea and on the land . to know that the egg first deposited at the bottomof the tube will hatch first, so she bores a second openingat that part of the tunnel, through which the young beescome forth in succession at the proper time. 5. Humble-bees. — Humble-bees, as we have said, areamong the social bees. They make their nests in holesin the ground (), often taking pos-session of a desertedmouse nest. All thecolony, except the fe-males, die when win-ter comes. These fe-males remain in a tor-pid state, concealedamong moss or rottenwood, to start newcolonies the following
Animal life in the sea and on the land . to know that the egg first deposited at the bottomof the tube will hatch first, so she bores a second openingat that part of the tunnel, through which the young beescome forth in succession at the proper time. 5. Humble-bees. — Humble-bees, as we have said, areamong the social bees. They make their nests in holesin the ground (), often taking pos-session of a desertedmouse nest. All thecolony, except the fe-males, die when win-ter comes. These fe-males remain in a tor-pid state, concealedamong moss or rottenwood, to start newcolonies the followingspring. 6. Hive-bees.—Thehabits of hive-bees areexceedingly curious,and deserve our espe-cial study. Every hivecontains a queen-bee,workers, and drones(Fig. 78). 7. The Workers Buildthe Nests.—The wholelabor of building the nest and providing for the large fam-ily falls upon the workers. They have a softer materialto work in than the carpenter-bee, since their nest is builtof wax, which is a secretion of their bodies, and which (5. Nest of Hcmble-bee. 122 ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA AND ON THE LAND. forms in scales between the segments of the their feet the bees remove the wax, and work it with
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