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  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
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  sometimes 
  evenly 
  distributed, 
  sometimes 
  massed 
  at 
  one 
  point; 
  but 
  

   almost 
  always 
  compound 
  hair 
  indicates 
  a 
  meniber 
  of 
  this 
  super-family. 
  

   The 
  tongue, 
  besides 
  varying 
  from 
  short 
  to 
  long, 
  may 
  be 
  hinged 
  or 
  straight 
  

   when 
  at 
  rest, 
  but 
  is 
  always 
  formed 
  for 
  lapping. 
  The 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  often 
  

   modified 
  in 
  the 
  females 
  and 
  workers 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  pollen 
  carriers, 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  modified 
  to 
  

   serve 
  the 
  same 
  purpose. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  apparently 
  legless 
  grubs 
  that 
  live 
  upon 
  pollen 
  or 
  honey 
  

   or 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  the 
  two. 
  Sometimes 
  this 
  is 
  fed 
  as 
  needed 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  hive 
  

   bee, 
  more 
  usually 
  it 
  is 
  stored 
  in 
  a 
  cell 
  in 
  quantity 
  sufficient 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  

   larva 
  from 
  the 
  egg 
  laid 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  cell 
  to 
  maturity. 
  

  

  The 
  bees, 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  are 
  decidedly 
  useful, 
  serving 
  as 
  pollenizers 
  to 
  

   fruits 
  and 
  flowers, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  

   completely 
  dependent 
  upon 
  insect 
  aid 
  for 
  their 
  continued 
  existence. 
  

   Social 
  bees 
  are 
  those 
  in 
  which 
  workers 
  are 
  developed, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  

   we 
  have 
  very 
  few; 
  solitary 
  bees 
  are 
  those 
  in 
  which 
  only 
  males 
  and 
  

   females 
  exist. 
  

  

  ir 
  

  

  Fig. 
  

  

  —Types 
  of 
  compound 
  hairs 
  found 
  in 
  

  

  / 
  

  

  Family 
  HALICTID.E. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  solitary 
  bees 
  in 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  developed 
  workers, 
  

   but 
  they 
  may 
  occur 
  in 
  colonies, 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  building 
  in 
  

   the 
  same 
  territory. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  small 
  in 
  size, 
  have 
  short 
  tongues, 
  

  

  