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THE INSECT WORLD. 



Fig. 314. Beehive in Leaves. 



Fig. 315. Bee seen through a magnifying glass at the moment when the plates of wax appear 

 between the segments of the abdomen. 



observer, who did not belong to any school, or at most belonged to 

 Nature's school, found the flakes of wax sticking between the lower 

 arches of the rings of the abdomen or belly of the working bee. The 



