Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 104
were stated on page 747 of Nature and Sciencefor June, 1901. BUILDER-BEES. Mr. Airy, Philadelphia.Dear St. Nicholas : In an old window-frame I no-ticed a hole about three eighths of an inch wide, which seemed to get largerinside. I cut off thispiece, and found thatcarpenter-bees hadbeen at work… … with which they do their cutting. I made sketches fromthe real piece of wood and from the bee. Mama hastaken you from the beginning and we have twenty-five bound volumes. Your devoted reader, Reynold A. Spaeth. The carpenter-bee forms its nest, in partlydecayed wood, and cuts out various…
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