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THE BUGOLOGIST 
Look there. Right near this large nest is a new 
one started. There must be two colonies here. 
A kind of shell-like roof has been made. It looks 
almost like half a clam-shell except that it is deeper and 
The Clam Shell as we saw it on the Hazel Bush. 
in the center combs are started. That is how the house 
is begun. 
Let us now carefully peel off the walls of the large 
nest. What are the walls made of? Why, it is paper! 
And these insects have lived long, long ago, probably 
before man ever lived. So you see, men have been the 
inventors of many, many things but I think the insects 
have made the beginning there. 
