i8 INSECT ARTIZANS AND THEIR WORK 



Though we propose to deal with bees in a later 

 chapter, under the head of workers in wax, it should 

 be noted here in passing that the bee grub, or 

 larva, is a spinner. The worker bees provide it 

 with a cell of vv^ax and with its food, but before 

 becoming a chrysalis the larva constructs a cocoon 

 by lining its cell with fine silk. 





