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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 lov/er 

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



