BEES, WASPS, HORNETS, ANTS, ETC. 



ignored or money is doled out with a niggardly and 

 hesitating hand. 



While ambitious men wrangle, scheme, and fight, 

 the race suffer and perish prematurely. 



The various species of flies which check the 

 expansion of the human race are many, and space does 

 not permit of a fuller mention of them. It is sufficient 

 to say that birds prey incessantly upon them in all the 

 three phases of their development — maggot, chrysalis, 

 and adult fly. 



BEES, WASPS, HORNETS, ICHNEU 

 MON FLIES, SAW FLIES, ANTS, ETC. 



These insects are grouped under the order Hymen- 

 optera. They possess four membraneous wings, the 

 hind ones being smaller than the fore wings. Mouth 

 parts are formed for biting and sucking. The end 

 of the abdomen is usually provided in the female 

 with a sting, a piercer, or a saw. The life history is 

 the egg^ grub, chrysalis, and adult insect. Bees are 

 eminently useful in fertilising flowers. They feed on 

 nectar. The honey bee provides man with honey 

 and wax. 



The typical wasps and hornets feed their grubs 

 on other forms of insect life. They build nests of 

 mud or papery material, or make burrows in the 

 earth. An egg is laid at the bottom of each cell, 



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