The Bee Family. 



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ers, too. They are bees, and are cousins to the wasps, hor- 

 nets, and ants. Do you see how their bodies are divided ? 

 They are very different from the beetles and dragon-flies, 

 and yet they have many features in common with them. 



Their bodies are jointed how many parts? Three: 

 head, thorax, and abdomen. See the long slender neck 



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FIG. 16. 



which joins the thorax of the wasp to his abdomen. How 

 many wings has the bee ? How do the fore wings compare 

 with the hind ones ? See if you can find the hooks which 

 fasten the hind and fore wings together. Compare the 

 wings with those of the beetle, butterfly, and dragon-fly (i) 

 in shape, (2) in size, (3) in structure, (4) in texture. We 



