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AKTICULATA: INSECTA. 



The name Hymenoptera comes from the Greek 

 tinmen, a membrane, and pteroii, a wing. To this Sub- 

 order belong the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Ichneumons. Gall- 

 flies, Saw-flies, etc. 



In general, Bees or Apidse are social in their habits, and 

 the species are composed of three sorts of individuals 

 females or queens, males or drones, and imperfectly devel- 

 oped females or workers ; the last are smaller than the 

 others, and are often improperly called neuters. 



FIG. 380. 



Worker. 



FIG. 381. 



FIG. 382. 



Queen. 



Drone or Male. 



Hive Bee, Apis mellifica. 



The Humble-bees (Jfombus) are relatively of large size, 

 and their bodies are hirsute. They live in small commu- 

 nities, which arise from a single female which has survived 

 the winter. Some kinds of bees " Carpenters," etc. are 



