Wasps and their ways . o the honey-bees to perfect theidea and construct waxen combs of hex-agonal cells to contain their young andtheir food. INTRODUCTION I3 The bumble-bee, in producing a colonyof workers to advance the interests of thefamily and help to rear a numerous pro-geny, took a long step ahead of the soli-tary little pollen-collector that makes ahole for each larva. But the bumble-bees die in the fall,—all but the perfect female5, that live to starteach one a separate nest next season. The hive bees took a long step in ad-vance of the bumble-bees when theycreated a lasting colony, o
Wasps and their ways . o the honey-bees to perfect theidea and construct waxen combs of hex-agonal cells to contain their young andtheir food. INTRODUCTION I3 The bumble-bee, in producing a colonyof workers to advance the interests of thefamily and help to rear a numerous pro-geny, took a long step ahead of the soli-tary little pollen-collector that makes ahole for each larva. But the bumble-bees die in the fall,—all but the perfect female5, that live to starteach one a separate nest next season. The hive bees took a long step in ad-vance of the bumble-bees when theycreated a lasting colony, one which storedup provisions and survived the winter,ready to fly forth at the first sign of springto continue the work of the hive, insteadof having each year to start it from thefoundation. The story of the bees is the story of thewasps. One class has stopped at the lessintelligent stage of solitary existence, wherethe female digs a hole in the groundor otherwise constructs a nest, pro-visions it, and lays her
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