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Show Work of Wood-Boring Dees. "The other day I was watching a strong colony of wood-boring beos. which are not leaf-cutters. They were little bigger than grains of rice, but much that they did was very interesting. interest-ing. For Instance, when the hole was finished and stored, the beo closed It over with a film something like that which a spider spins She then brought one by one little crv alanine pebbles, which alio glued, to the number of about six, In the middle of the film, nnd Just over the hole. I can only Imagine that this Is done In order to prevent other bees from boring the post Just In thnt spot. In that case, It may either be n positive bur or byway by-way of n notice: 'Please don't dig hero.' " London New s. |