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THE BUGOEOGIST 
First I shall tell you something about the origin of 
the name. Humble-bee is the proper English name but 
Cells of Humble Bee. 
the latin name is Bombus. Hence we have changed the 
latter to Bumble and annexed the word bee. 
There is a nest under yonder rail-fence, let us take 
that. 
The first thing we see is a round ball of dry grass, 
tucked away under the rail and kind of hidden. Touch 
the ball. See, how they rush out! Do not move and 
they will not notice you but if you run you will be stung. 
Now, let us in some way get the nest. We’ll not 
be cruel but we’ 11 capture the whole swarm in a bag and 
take the nest and examine it. 
What does it look like? Not like the one of the 
tame bees. The cells look like little bags and are not as 
neat as the six-sided ones of the tame bee. Perhaps it 
may seem curious how the bees ever get the dried grass 
together for the nest. I shall explain. 
Unlike the Honey-bee, all the bees of the colony 
