Compare the cells of _bumble bee_ (Fig. 153) with those of hive bee. They differ not only in shape but in material, being made of web instead of wax, and they usually contain larvæ instead of honey. Only a few of the queens among bumble bees and wasps survive the winter. How do ants and honey bees provide for the workers also to survive the winter? Name all the social insects that you can think of. Do they all belong to the same order? [Illustration: FIG. 160. ] The ichneumon fly shown enlarged in Fig. 159 lays its eggs under a caterpillar’s skin. What becomes of the eggs? The true size of the insect is shown by the cross lines at _a_. The eggs are almost microscopic in size. The pupæ shown (true size) on caterpillar are sometimes mistaken for eggs. The same mistake is made about the pupa cases of ants. Ichneumon flies also use tree-borers as “hosts” for their eggs and larva. Is this insect a friend of man? [Illustration: FIG. 161.—Wasp using pebble. From Peckham’s “Solitary Wasps,” Houghton, Mifflin & Co. ] The _digging wasp_ (Figs. 160 and 161) supplies its larva with caterpillars and closes the hole, sometimes using a stone as pounding tool. Among the few other uses of tools among lower animals are the elephant’s use of a branch for a fly brush, and the ape’s use of a walking stick. This wasp digs with fore feet like a dog and kicks the dirt out of the way with its hind feet. Are the wings of bees and wasps more closely or less closely veined than the wings of dragon flies? (Fig. 177.) =Illustrated Study of Beetles.= [Illustration: FIG. 162.—Diving beetle (_Dytiscus_), with larva, _a_. ] [Illustration: FIG. 163.—Weevil. ] [Illustration: FIG. 164. ] [Illustration: FIG. 165. ] [Illustration: FIG. 166.—Click beetle. ] [Illustration: FIG. 167.—MAY BEETLE. ] [Illustration: FIG. 168. ] [Illustration: FIG. 169.—Colorado beetle (potato bug). ] =Illustrated Study of Beetles= (Figs. 162–169).—Write the life history of the _Colorado beetle_, or potato bug (Fig. 169), stating where the eggs are laid and describing the form and activities of each stage (the pupal stage, _b_, is passed in the ground). Do the same for the _May beetle_ (Figs. 167–168). (It is a larva—the white grub—for three years; hogs root them up.) Beetles, like moths, may be trapped with a lantern set above a tub of water. Where does a _Scarab_ (or sacred beetle of the Egyptians), also called tumble bug (Fig. 164), lay its eggs (Fig. 165)? Why? How does the _click beetle_, or jack snapper (Fig. 166), throw itself into the air? For what purpose? The large proboscis of the _weevil_ (Fig. 163) is used for piercing a hole in which an egg is laid in grain of corn, boll of cotton, acorn, chestnut, plum, etc. How are the legs and body of the _diving beetle_ suited for swimming (Fig. 162)? Describe its larva.