THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



) National Geographic Society 



Painting by Hashime Murayama 



WASPS, BEES, AND NEAR RELATIONS BUZZ ABOUT CHOKECHERRY BLOSSOMS 



There are thousands of kinds of small parasitic wasplike insects. Because they prey upon crop- 

 destroying .insects, they are valuable farmers' allies. Those under the glass arc enlarged five times, 

 others are life size. (1) and (12) Leaf-cutter bees {Rlcoachile latimauiis); (2) a parasitic Chalcid-fly 

 {Spilochalcis flavopicta); (3) a small Leaf-cutter [illegachile brevis); (4) a iiVs.coiriA {Bracon Jiaetiia- 

 todes); (5) Cardiochiles tibiatof, (6) a parasite of other parasites, Perilampiis hyalinns; (7) and (10) a 

 "Sweat-bee" (Halic/iis stu/his) , Plate I, fig. 4; (8) Bracon moifircalensis; (9) Eiip/wnis pa/lipes, and 

 (11) a Honeybee, Apismellifera. Opposite plate, upper, enlarged five times; lower, two and a half. 



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