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NATURAL HISTORY. 



[CH. III. 



1. Honey-bag, or first stomach. 



2. Second stomach. 



3. Biliary and salivary ducts. 



4. Large intestines. 



plentiful that the bees have not sufficient room for it, 

 they either lengthen their cells or build new ones. 



The pollen or yellow dust, which loosely adheres 

 to the central parts of flowers, is another substance 

 eagerly sought after by the industrious bee. The 

 breast, legs, and many other parts of the body are 

 covered with a fine down or hair. The insect enters 

 the cup of a flower charged with this yellow farina, 

 rolls itself round, and soon becomes quite covered 

 with this vegetable dust. Nature has provided the 

 bee with means admirably adapted to secure the 

 treasure thus collected on its body; the last joint 

 but one of each leg being formed exactly like a 

 brush. These natural brushes are passed one after 

 another over the various parts of its body, and by 

 that means the pollen is collected into two little 



