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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



adult AA and of others who write to 

 have recorded some observation or to 

 obtain information. At the west end of 

 the room is a novel set of photographic 

 mirrors, in unique setting, donated to 

 the institution by Mr. W. W. Heroy 

 of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com- 

 pany. Some ingenious optical effects 

 gained by use of these mirrors greatly 

 amused the visitors. 



Next the groups of visitors were es- 

 corted to the apiarian laboratory. Here 

 were shown nests of mud wasps, so- 

 cial wasps, yellow jackets, hornets and 

 bumblebees. In this last the bumble- 

 bees were emerging from their yellow, 



mented with working benches outside. 

 Among the attractions was a hollow 

 log (door opening to give a view of 

 the interior) sent by the American 

 Museum of Natural History, New 

 York City, for refitting with bee con- 

 struction. 



In a cage near the entrance to the pet 

 house were the fantails bred by Mr. 

 William E. Butler of Glenbrook. These 

 were much admired, and justly so, be- 

 cause they are the choicest specimens 

 of the fanciers' art, the product of a 

 lifetime of careful, loving, enthusiastic 

 skill. 



Among the other attractions were 



THE COURT SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE. 



egg-shaped cocoons — to the interest of 

 some visitors and the fright of others. 

 Not a person was stung by them. 

 Honeybees in all sorts of hives were 

 shown. Among the exhibits was the 

 educational beehive exhibited by The 

 A. I. Root Company at the Jamestown 

 Exposition. This hive shows every- 

 thing in the life of the honeybee from 

 the magnified "tongue" in action to 

 the latest methods in queen rearing. 

 This laboratory is the most extensive 

 and best equipped for its work with 

 bees and other Hymenoptera of any 

 in existence. The experimental stands 

 are equipped with eighteen hives, supple- 



several hutches of cavies, including a 

 pure white one in a family of jet black. 

 This "freak" is the only one with white 

 hair for many generations. Who shall 

 say why nature thus went off at right 

 angles to the regular outward course? 



The blinking family of screech owls, 

 making "funny running down sounds 

 like tiny music boxes," elicited no lit- 

 tle laughter which caused the grotesque 

 birds to assume more than before an 

 expression of wonder as to what it 

 was all about. The hawk, crows, 

 woodchuck and quail came in for a 

 fair share of attention. 



In the insectary the center of atten- 



