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There are manv species of carpenter bees, all great burly Insects ot bliiish-blatU colour. The one represented is found in Europe 

 and known as the violet carpenter. It excavates tunnels in wooden posts, dividing them into chambers, which it provisions, and lays 

 an egg in each. The bees are seen at work, and in tlie separate cells are niass(>s ol pollen with the egg. the grub feeding, and the 

 chrysalis from back and front. The figures are all about twice the size ol the Insects. 



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