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A COURSE ON ZOOLOGY. 



The storing of honey is done exclusively by the 

 workers, and the organs with which they are provided 

 are admirably adapted for the purpose. The posterior 

 legs are furnished on the interior sides with stiff hairs 

 that form a brush, which collects the pollen of flowers 

 and the gummy matters that cover buds. At the sides 



FIG. 306. 



STING OF WORKEK-BEE (Apis mellifica) (after Kraepelin). a, poison gland ; 

 6, "poison bag; c, accessory gland; d,d, outer supporting pieces; e, inner 

 sheath enclosing sting proper: A, sting proper; B, sheath in which sting 

 works, seen from below. 



under the wings are little hollows or baskets, in which 

 the spoil is carried home. The long proboscis penetrates 

 easily into the corolla of flowers and pumps or licks up 

 the nectar secreted there. With these different materials 

 the bees produce honey, wax, and propolis. Honey is 



