INSECT INTRUDERS. 



It will be asked Why does the bee 

 take the trouble to cut out these circular 

 pieces of leaf tissue since the insect itself 

 is not a leaf-eater? The answer is simple 

 and explains a most ingenious 

 method of nest making. The bee 

 usually builds in decaying dry wood, 

 making use of cracks or holes in it 

 or using the hollow interior of a 

 bamboo or the hol- 

 lowed out interior of 

 a sapling tree or dry 

 perennial. Easy in- 

 gress and egress is 

 attained by a natural 

 or artificially made 

 hole on one side. 



The leaf-cutter is 

 very like an ordinary 

 bee to look at and the 

 bees to be seen at the 

 end of the rains 

 buzzing about the 

 wood work of our 



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