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remains of honeybees. In these 14 stomachs there 

 were in all 50 honeybees, of which 40 were drones, 

 four were certainly workers, and the remaining six 

 were too badly broken to be identified as to sex. 



The insects that constitute the great bulk of the 

 food of the bird are noxious species, largely beetles 

 May beetles, click beetles (the larvae of which are 

 known as wire worms), weevils, which prey upon 

 fruit and grain, and a host of others. Wasps, wild 

 bees, and ants are conspicuous elements of the food, 

 far outnumbering the hive bees. During summer many 

 grasshoppers and crickets, as well as leaf hoppers and 

 other bugs, are also eaten. 



KINGBIRD. 

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