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LIVING CREATURES. 



The drones are males, but neither work nor sting ; for 

 the best of reasons because they have no tools for 

 working or stinging. The queen and the workers have 

 a sting in the abdomen. The workers defend the hive 

 by the use of this weapon, but they never attack when 

 abroad and about their work. The queen uses her 

 sting in combat with another queen, but never upon a 



human hand ; so that 

 she may be handled 

 without danger. 



All bees have com- 

 pound eyes. Ears, 

 or hearing organs, 

 they must have, for 

 the piping of the 

 young queen in her 

 cell sets the others 

 astir. They smell, 

 also, for they follow 

 the scent of unseen 

 honey. Where the 

 ears and nose are, it 

 is not certain. They 

 is also the sense of 



Improved Hive. 



may be in the antennae, where 

 feeling. 



The business of bees is gathering food for themselves 

 and for their young. If they are well kept, they store 

 a great deal more honey than is necessary for this pur- 

 pose. From this abundance comes the honey which 

 human people use. To understand the work of bees 

 you must gather some flowers and have them explained 

 to you. The material which bees procure for their use 



