HVMENOPTERA. 



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numerous, and who add, 'You cannot eat beef without killin. the 

 o,x, are more stup.d than the animal they have chosen for the tr^com' 



Fig. 330. — Hives under the shade of trees. 



larison." A hive often produces from twelve to twenty pounds of 

 oney each year, and a proportional quantity of wax. It may, then, 



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Fig. 331. — Bellows used to stupefy Bees. 



iniish to the bee-keeper an important revenue, especially as the 

 taring of bees gives scarcely any trouble, and involves scarcely any 

 Dour, as it is only necessary to select a spot with a proper exposure 

 id well supplied with flowers. 

 We possess in Europe two species or races of bees — the Common 



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