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foot, which is very useful in building, and there are some Ion"- 

 and close hairs which form a nice little brush, which can often 

 be placed in contact with the brush behind. 



The mouth has some remarkable structures in it. The man- 

 dibles enlarge towards their ends, and, as they terminate in a plane 

 surface with a projecting border, they only close together sufifi- 



Of a fertile female. 



Of a worker, seen 

 from outside. 



Seen from the inside. The male. 



HIND LEGS OF THE BEE. 



ciently to permit the proper quantity of wax to rest between 

 them that should be worked at one time. The jaws and lower 

 lip are long and flexible, and constitute a most perfect apparatus 

 for sucking up honey. 



The females and workers of nearly all the nest-making Hyincn- 

 optera are armed with defensive weapons, which vary with the type 

 cf the insect. The sting of the bee, or rather its effects, are 



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