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quaintance with or a more respect- 

 ful recognition from humanity than 

 the wasps and hornets. Their ac- 

 quaintance, with that of their yellow- 

 jacket bee and bumble-bee relatives, 

 is forced upon most of us at a ten- 

 der and impressionable age, and leaves 

 a lasting reminiscence. Having once 

 been interviewed by a hornet, do we 

 not remember him for life for his pains ? 



The bee has perhaps given us equally pointed 

 excuse for respectful, or rather disrespectful, con- 

 sideration, and yet how different is our attitude to 

 the bee in contrast with that towards the hornet! 

 Why.? The discrimination is largely a matter of 



