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GENERAL ZOOLOGY 



danger connected with its capture as for the sake of the honey 

 itself. Boys in the West rob the bees by placing a gallon jug 

 partially filled with water in the vicinity of the nest and 

 thoroughly arousing the members of the community. The 

 boys make good their escape to a safe distance, and the bees, 

 perceiving the jug, fly to its open mouth, which echoes the 

 buzzing of their wings. Angered by the sound, some bees fly 



Mimicked Forms, Insects with means of defense 

 The honey-bee A wasp A bumblebee 



(Apis mellifica) (Vespa occidentalis) (lloinbus Howardii) 



Mimicking Forms, Insects without means of defense 

 A fly A beetle A fly 



(Eristalis latifrons) (Clytus niurginicollis) (Vohicella evecta) 



FIG. 45. Mimicked and Mimicking Insects. Natural size. 



From photographs 

 (From Hunter's Studies in Insect Life) 



into the mouth of the jug, thus adding to the noise and 

 attracting others. It is said that with two disturbances of the 

 nest the worker bees can all be captured. 



There are several bees called guest-bees (Psith'yrus), which 

 live in the nest of the bumblebees, apparently on good terms 



