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their nest is opened ; the majority of the workers 

 remain quietly on the comb, and the few that take 

 wing fly straight away. 



The humble-bee does not lose its sting in the 



Fig. 17. Nest of Bombus helferanus, natural size. 



act of stinging, like the honey-bee ; it can therefore 

 use it more than once, but the poison is less virulent 

 than that of the honey-bee or the wasp. 



And now, having all the bees safely collected in 

 one of the glass jars and the comb in the box, we 



