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BEES 



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The most important feature in the structure of a 

 bee, important, that is, in classifying the bees into 

 families, genera and so forth, is the tongue and mouth 



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Back view of mouth parts of 

 Colletes (forked tongue) 



Back view of mouth parts of 

 Andrena (short pointed tongue) 



Fig. 9. 



C., cardo of maxilla. G.M., galea (lacinia of some authors) of 

 maxilla. L. P., labial palp. Momentum. M.P., maxillary palp. 

 PG., paraglossa. S., stipes of maxilla. T., tongue. 



apparatus (see figs. 9 and 10). There are three chief 

 types of tongue (i) a short forked tongue resembling 

 that of a Fossor; (ii) a short pointed tongue, like a 



