Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 538
THE BEETLE ON THE EGG THAT FLOATS ON HONEYIN THE CELL. The earth is represented as removed, to show the interiorarrangement. bees, who should emerge about this time. Theyblindly fasten to any hairy object that comestheir way and great numbers of them are thus … BUMBLEBEES FEEDING ON CLOVEK BLOSSOMS lost—hence the necessity for the great numberof eggs. Some, however, manage to attach them-selves to the body of the little queen bee. She 1034 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Sept., either does not know of his presence or is unableto remove him, and so…
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