26 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—EXPERIMENT STATION 
Home-making insects. —Bees, wasps, ants, etc. Make a detailed 
study of the honey bee. Watch the bees at work gathering pollen and 
nectar from the flowers. If possible watch them at work in the hive. 
Classes of bees. Life history. Care of bees. 
The house fly. —Kinds. The common house fly is black in color 
with five parallel, more or less distinct grayish bands on the back 
between the wings. Number of wings? Body and legs covered with 
what? Length of life of the fly? Breeding places of flies. Danger 
to health. How eradicate flies? 
Spiders .—How differ from insects proper? Where are spiders 
found? What time of the year? Four general classes, web weaver, 
crab spiders, running spiders, jumping spiders. Endeavor to study 
one of each class. Look for webs. How many kinds? Names of 
spiders with reference to kind of webs—cobweb weavers, funnel web 
weavers, filmy dome weaver, orb weaver. What is the difference in the 
appearance of these webs? Try to observe a spider at work spinning 
its web. Use of the web? Food of spiders. Items of interest about 
the web. Where are the spinnerets? 
Bird life .—From list of California birds given on another page 
select three or four for detailed study, noting size, colors whether 
bright or dull; special markings on head, back, breast, wings, or tail; 
general shape of body, whether long and slender or short and stocky; 
character of bill, short, long curved, hooked; wings short and round 
