TONGUE OF BEE. 



621 



or lance ; the whole is most ingeniously connected to the 

 head by a horny sheath, and a scries of muscles and 

 ligaments. The proboscis, being cylindrical, extracts the 

 juice of the flower in a somewhat similar way to that of 

 the butterfly ; when loaded with honey, the insect's next 



Fig. 280. 



1, Honey-bee's tongue. 2, Leg, showing pocket for carrying the Bee-bread. 

 (Tlie small circles show the objects about the natural size.) 



