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Humble-Bees' Nest^and Cocoons. 

 On lifting the mossy dome of the humble-bees' nest the view presented is that of the lower photograph, where the tops of a few cocoons show 

 through the surrounding material. The upper photograph is of a mass of cocoons, many of ihcni empty, removed from tl e nest. It w;ll be 

 seen that they do not exhibit the regularity of arrangement found in the nests of honey-bees and wasps. The cells with -.mall, even moutus 

 in the upper part of the first photograph are honey-pots built up of wa.\. 



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