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THE HONEY-MAKERS. 
the hard clay, is performed by the female, who 
also provides all the food. The females of the 
Cell of Mining Bee. 
solitary bees have no assistance in their tasks; 
the males are idle, and there are no workers to 
come to their assistance, as among the inmates 
of the hive. 
Sometimes the bees pile up at the entrance the 
dirt scooped out from the gallery and chambers, 
and when the grub is hatched, and supplied with 
a sufficient quantity of food, the earth is used to 
close up the opening in order to prevent the in- 
trusion of any enemies. 
The Upholsterer Bee. 
The ingenious manner in which one kind of 
bee fits up and furnishes her nest, has given it 
the name of the 41 upholsterer,” or sometimes the 
“ P 0 PPy bee,” from the material used in her del- 
icate work. 
