SOLITARY BEES AND WASPS. 



Y attention has been 

 drawn during the past 

 few years to the re- 

 markably interesting 

 family of insects known as 

 solitary bees and wasps. 

 They are so called because 

 they exist, not, as a rule, in 



colonies like the honey-bee and common wasps, 

 but singly or in pairs. 



These insects may often be seen in our gardens 

 feasting on the flowers, boring tunnels into our 



