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HoAiE Nature-Study Course. 



two castes. Any apiary during September will give enough dead drones 

 for a class to observe. Although ordinarily we do not advocate the study 

 of dead specimens, yet common sense surely has its place in nature-study ; 

 and in the case of the honey bee a closer study of the form of the insect 



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(Original, drawn by A. G. Hammar.) 



The Honey Bee I. — D, head of drone; Q, head of queen; W, head 

 of worker; X, ventral surface of worker showing plates of wax.. 



is desirable than the living bee might see fit to permit. There are no 

 more wonderful instances of adaptation of form to life than is found in 

 the anatomy of the workers, queens and drones; moreover, it is highly 

 desirable if the pupils are ever to become" bee-keepers that they shall 

 know these adaptations. 



