250 INSECTS. 



caskets which contain those stores ; and Wasps have 

 been known boldly to attack and rifle the hives in open 

 war. 



Besides all this, while Bees occasionally collect for 

 their own use honey which is poisonous to man, many 

 flowers are poisonous to themselves. The tulip is one 

 of those, from the cup of which it is said that a Bee 

 rarely escapes alive. 



