BEE OR WASP. 



What peculiarities do you find in the antennal joints? Are 

 both compound eyes and ocelli present? Are the mandibles, 

 like those of the grasshopper, fitted for biting? How do the 

 other mouth-parts compare in shape with those of the .grass- 

 hopper? Do you find a 'tongue'? 



How many thoracic segments? Are all freely movable? 

 Which is the smallest? Which bear wings? Whicfi pair of 

 wings is the larger? Are the veins of the wings many or few? 

 Are the wings transparent? 



Does the abdomen join the thorax by its whole width, as 

 in the grasshopper? or is there a slender stalk joining the two? 

 How many abdominal segments do you find? Squeeze the 

 abdomen and look for the sting. Does it compare in any way 

 with the ovipositor of other insects? Where was it before 

 pressure was applied? 



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