Less chilly than her African cousin, she does not shun the unprotected spaces exposed to every wind that blows.
When erected on a horizontal surface, where nothing interferes with it, the structure of Eumenes Amedei is a symmetrical cupola, a spherical skull-cap, with, at the top, a narrow passage just wide enough for the insect, and surmounted by a neatly funnelled neck.

It suggests the round hut of the Eskimo or of the ancient Gael, with its central chimney.

Two centimetres and a half (.97 inch .-- Translator's Note.), more or less, represent the diameter, and two centimetres the height.
(.78 inch .-- Translator's Note.) When the support is a perpendicular plane, the building still retains the domed shape, but the entrance- and exit-funnel opens at the side, upwards.

The floor of this apartment calls for no labour: it is supplied direct by the bare stone.
Having chosen the site, the builder erects a circular fence about three millimetres thick.

(.118 inch .-- Translator's Note.) The materials consist of mortar and small stones.