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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 238. — Legs of bees, showing pollen gathering structures. A, the honey bee;' 3, Mtlipona ; 



C, bumble bee. 



The larvse are apparently legless grubs that live upon pollen or honey or a 

 mixture of the two ; sometimes fed as needed as in the hive bee, or more usually 

 stored in a cell in quantity sufficient to bring the larva to maturity. 



The bees on the whole are decidedly useful, serving as pollenizers to our 

 fruits and flowers, some of the latter being completely dependent upon insect 

 aid for their continued existence. 



Social bees are those in which workers are developed ; solitary are those in 

 which only males and females exist. 



Family I APIDiE. 



APIS Linn. 



A. mellifica Linn. The "honey bee" : common everywhere in New Jersey 

 throughout the season and domesticated. 



