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be contemplated without feelings of surprise and admiration 

 {Fig. 108). 



Fig. 108. — Interior of Wisp's Nest. 



Besides the social Wasps, there are tribes which have 

 obtained the name of "Sand-wasps." These consist only of 

 males and females, which form their habitations in the crevi- 

 ces of old walls, or excavate them in wooden palings, in sand- 

 banks, or similar situations. The female does not limit her 

 maternal care to the placing of her eggs in safe and suitable 

 situations; but with provident anxiety she collects a supply 

 of food sufficient for the sustenance of the young grub. The 

 food consists of other insects, larvffi and spiders; and, this 

 being provided, the entrance is carefully closed up.* 



The Bee, "that at her flowery work doth sing," is so 

 associated with pleasurable ideas of sunshine and flowers, of 



• Westwood, vol. ii. — Kirby and Spence, vols. i. and iL 



