A NATURALIST IN BRAZIL 



bees of which I have just been speaking, the Cicadas were a sort 

 of milch-cow. These insects, which are wholly defenceless, are 

 rewarded for their gifts by the protection afforded by the presence 

 of the bees; and so we find, among the Brazilian bees, the 

 beginnings of relations which reach their highest development 

 among the Ants, 



