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wings with but comparatively few veins. The head 

 is large and the mouth parts are formed for biting and 

 lapping. The female possesses a sting, an ovipositor, 

 or a saw. The metamorphosis is complete. 



Imported Currant Worm. This is not a true cater* 

 pillar, but is the larva 

 of a small fly. The 

 larvae eat the leaves of 

 the currant and of the 

 gooseberry. When full 

 grown it spins a cocoon 

 in the rubbish or on the 

 stems or leaves of the 

 bushes. Paris green may 

 be used as an insecticide 

 before the fruit is ripe, 

 but later in the season dry hellebore may be dusted on 

 the leaves when they are wet. 



Bees live in colonies. In their wild state they find 

 their homes in the trunks of trees, in rock crevices, or 



FIG. 163. Imported Currant Worm. 

 (After Washburn.) 



Worker 



Queen 

 FIG. 164. Honeybees. 



Drone 



in other cavities, but man has provided hives as the 

 homes of bee colonies so that they may be manipulated, 

 and the stores of honey easily collected for his profit. 

 A colony of bees consists normallv of a queen bee, 



