. Wild nature's ways . LOOPER CATERPILLARS ON IVY. positions areentirely reversed. The black beewith the orange-tipped abdomenappears to bemuch moreevenlv distributed, 140 WILD NATURES WAYS. from a latitudinalpoint of \iew,than either of theabove-mentionedspecies. Last June^whilstin the Western Isles,I spent several dayson the shores of ashallow loch, andwas struck by thegreat abundance ofwhite clover, yellowbees, and short-tailed field - miceand shrews. Thenests of bees andmice were every-where amongst the rushes and bog grass. Uponopening several of the former, I found that thesingle females
. Wild nature's ways . LOOPER CATERPILLARS ON IVY. positions areentirely reversed. The black beewith the orange-tipped abdomenappears to bemuch moreevenlv distributed, 140 WILD NATURES WAYS. from a latitudinalpoint of \iew,than either of theabove-mentionedspecies. Last June^whilstin the Western Isles,I spent several dayson the shores of ashallow loch, andwas struck by thegreat abundance ofwhite clover, yellowbees, and short-tailed field - miceand shrews. Thenests of bees andmice were every-where amongst the rushes and bog grass. Uponopening several of the former, I found that thesingle females in them always repaired thedamage by carrying the moss backwards. Wasps are exceedingly interesting creatures tostudy. They visit my beehive in search of anyunconsidered trifle they can pick up, and it doesnot appear to matter whether they find thenewly thrown out body of a drone or a memberof their own species, it is cut up and carried awayto their nests for the benefit of the voracious larvae.
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