ON BEEEDING ACULEATES, ETC. 



ANY one who wishes to study the life-histories 

 of these insects, and has leisure to do so, can easily 

 obtain various larvae by digging for them in 

 suitable places. If, for instance, during the 

 summer, bees, etc., have been noticed entering 

 holes in a certain bank or sandy spot, their larvae 

 or nymphs can be got in the autumn by digging 

 down for about a foot in the direction of the 

 holes, and if they be brought home and put into 

 glass-top boxes they will generally emerge at 

 their right time without giving any further 

 trouble ; it must, however, be remembered that 

 the grubs are very soft and tender skinned, and it 

 is better to avoid handling them if possible ; 

 they should be moved with a small soft camel- 

 hair pencil, and it is well to put something soft 

 at the bottom of the box so that if they fall in 

 they will not be damaged. If the wood-boring 



B.W.A, l13 I 



