

^ THE INSECT WORLD. 



It has been remarked that "\^ V'S^'™" ^ ,.' fo^ it to penetrate 

 their bases, of those flowers which ^f ;7J°"§ ;°,'ii;\ ^.e common 



ro™e?tsnhfmore°r:Uigent of the two races. In Egypt a bee .s 



^/ "f r^Th^e^rore^nlSs b^et aSati:^^ AmS 

 Feromt), &c. ihe f^^^P^^'y -j^^^ged do all our domestic 



thp<^p insects seem to amiounce to the toiests ana aebeiLs u 

 Mthafthr reign of Nature ^as passed away and tha now t, 

 social state has begun « PW 't^ Pa^-a Part that wiU neve^^ 

 The bees peculiar to South Amenca have no f "f ; ^"^^6 a 

 Melipnas. These (Fig. 33^) are more compactly fo^^'^^^ 'han o^ 

 beesf have a more hairy body, ^"^ ^!V,7"\'ts"n the hollo 

 numerous in the virgin forests, they make their nests '" ™e 



