Wichtiger Beitrag
The Peasant, As He Trims His Hedge, Whose Riotous Tangle Threatens To
Encroach Upon The Road, Cuts The Trailing stems Of The Bramble A Foot
Or Two From The Ground And Leaves The Root-Stock, Which Soon Dries
Up. These Bramble-Stumps, Sheltered and Protected by The Thorny
Brushwood, Are In great Demand Among A Host Of Hymenoptera Who Have
Families To Settle. The Stump, When Dry, Offers To Any One That Knows
How To Use It A Hygienic Dwelling, Where There Is No Fear Of Damp
From The Sap; Its Soft And Abundant Pith Lends Itself To Easy Work;
And The Top Offers A Weak Spot Which Makes It Possible For The Insect
To Reach The Vein Of Least Resistance At Once, Without Cutting away
Through The Hard Ligneous Wall. To Many, Therefore, Of The Bee And
Wasp Tribe, Whether Honey-Gatherers Or Hunters, One Of These Dry
Stalks Is A Valuable Discovery When Its Diameter Matches The Size Of
Its Would-Be Inhabitants; And It Is Also An Interesting subject Of
Study To The Entomologist Who, In the Winter, Pruning-Shears In hand,
Can Gather In the Hedgerows A Faggot Rich In small Industrial
Wonders.
Encroach Upon The Road, Cuts The Trailing stems Of The Bramble A Foot
Or Two From The Ground And Leaves The Root-Stock, Which Soon Dries
Up. These Bramble-Stumps, Sheltered and Protected by The Thorny
Brushwood, Are In great Demand Among A Host Of Hymenoptera Who Have
Families To Settle. The Stump, When Dry, Offers To Any One That Knows
How To Use It A Hygienic Dwelling, Where There Is No Fear Of Damp
From The Sap; Its Soft And Abundant Pith Lends Itself To Easy Work;
And The Top Offers A Weak Spot Which Makes It Possible For The Insect
To Reach The Vein Of Least Resistance At Once, Without Cutting away
Through The Hard Ligneous Wall. To Many, Therefore, Of The Bee And
Wasp Tribe, Whether Honey-Gatherers Or Hunters, One Of These Dry
Stalks Is A Valuable Discovery When Its Diameter Matches The Size Of
Its Would-Be Inhabitants; And It Is Also An Interesting subject Of
Study To The Entomologist Who, In the Winter, Pruning-Shears In hand,
Can Gather In the Hedgerows A Faggot Rich In small Industrial
Wonders.
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