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food (whatever it be) is either carried further 
on into the stomach, to be digested, or is regurgi- 
tated for other purposes. To ascertain this in 
some degree, in living bees, I caught them going 
out early in the morning, and found this bag quite 
empty: some time after I caught others returning 
home, and found the bag quite full of honey, and 
some of it had got into the stomach. Now I sup- 
pose that which was in the craw, was for the pur- 
pose of regurgitation; and as probably they had 
fasted during the night, part had gone on further 
for digestion. Whatever time the contents of this 
reservoir may be retained, we never find them 
altered, so as to give the idea of digestion having 
taken place: it is pure honey. From this bag 
the contents can be moved either way; either 
downwards to the stomach, for the immediate use 
of the animal itself ; or back again, to be thrown 
out as store for future aliment. 
The stomach arises from the lower end, and a 
little on the right side, of this bag. It does not 
gradually contract into a stomach, nor is the outlet 
a passage directly out, but in the centre of a pro- 
jection which enters some way into the reservoir, 
lieing rather an inverted pylorus, thickest at its 
most projecting part, with a very small opening 
in the centre, of a peculiar construction. Tliis 
inward projecting part is easily seen through 
the coats of the reservoir, especially if full of 
honey. 
“ The stomach begins immediately on the out- 
side of the reservoir, and the same part which 
