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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 
of bees were found accumulated in a 
single day. The correspondent thought 
that it was through the work of the rob- 
ber-flies that during certain seasons in 
a bee raising region in New York not 
a single hive threw off a swarm. The 
beak of a robber-fly is so strong that it 
can pierce the skin of a human being, 
but fortunately none of these creatures 
has yet acquired the habit of feeding 
upon warm-blooded animals.” 
Insects in Comic Photography. 
“Photo-Era" of Boston, that high 
grade magazine of photography, recent- 
ly had an interesting article by Lehman 
Wendell on “Insects in Comic Photo- 
graphy.” The author says that he does 
not attempt to train insects, but puts 
them to sleep with chloroform and props 
them up with concealed wires. He does 
not kill the insects but lets them come 
out of their sleep. A dead insect cannot 
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