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have something of cruelty in it, They will not suffer a useless mouth to partake of their honicd store. The males, or drones, are no longer necessary, and are therefore teased to death by the labourers; who do not appear to sting them, but only pinch and pull about these defenceless insects, till they are fairly worn out, and die exhausted by the ill-treat meat of their folio wcitizens. Not one is suf fered to survive.

The bee is very susceptible of cold, and re mains quietly in the shelter of its hive, sup ported by the provision that is laid UI) for that dreary season, till the summer calls it forth t, fresh labours and enjoyments.

Their enemies are the wasp and the hornet;

bo are said to open their bodies, in order to suck out the honey. Spar xows have sonietimes 'been seen with one in their bill, and one in each claw. The waxmothi occasionally steals into the hive, and feasts upon their honey.

The Carpenter Bee is so named from its habit of forming long, tubular cavities in wood; the bodies of living trees, or drywood, being equally adapted to the purpose. These cavi ties extend several inches in length, are about the third of an inch in diameter, and are marked into separate spaces each about three

quarters