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products, nectar and pollen, which they are wonderfully 

 fitted for gathering. 



Out of the vast array of forms included in the order we 

 will select for examination four representatives: a bee, an 

 ant, an ichneumon fly and a sawfly. 



LESSON 12 

 Hymenoptera 



WORK PROGRAM 



1. Collect some honeybees. 



2. Get a beekeeper to furnish some larvae and pupae for 

 class study. 



3. Collect some ichneumon flies by sweeping the vegeta- 

 tion of the meadow. 



4. Collect some sawflies in the same way. 



5. Collect and preserve in vials some sawfly larvae. 



6. Collect some ants. 



7. Make slide mounts of a bee's tongue and antenna. 



8. Make slide mounts of a fore and hind leg. 



9. Make slide mounts of head and legs of a sawfly larva. 



10. Mount and label a representative lot of Hymenoptera 

 for the collection. 



11. Watch the cages in which pupae of other orders are 

 being reared for the emergence in them of Ichneumons and 

 other Hymenopterous parasites. 



12. Home problems on crop pests (see p. 174). 



13. Routine (see p. 204). 



