Chambers's Elementary Science Readers - Book I by Various
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page 96 of 149 (64%)
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'She spread it out in sheets of thin brown paper, and with these she
made a comb like a bee's.' [Illustration: Wasp's Nest.] 'She made paper of it.' 'Only a bee's is made of wax. I know that!' said Harry. 9. 'She put many layers of paper on the top to keep the rain out, and pillars under it to hold it up. Then she laid an egg in each cell. When the eggs were hatched'---- 'Little wasps came flying out,' said Dora. 'No; little grubs came crawling out! 10. 'The wasp was now more busy than ever. She fed each baby in turn, and as they all grew bigger she had to get more and more food for them.' THE SUNFLOWER blue buzz´-ing set´-tled watched |
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