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LIFE ON THE EARTH 



and the feelers, or antennae, are on the head. The mouth 

 is a very complex organ, fitted both for biting and for suck- 

 ing. The six legs and four wings are on the thorax. The 

 hind leg of each working bee is so shaped and fringed with 

 hairs that it forms a pollen basket. 



Honey-bees live in large colonies and in the colony there 

 are three kinds of bees, the male bees, or drones, the workers, 



BEEHIVES 

 Hundreds of dollars' worth of honey are produced here each year. 



and the queen or female bee. The workers are the ones 

 that make all of the honey and wax, do all the work of the 

 hive and feed the grubs on rich food formed in their own 

 stomachs, as well as on pollen mixed with honey. The 

 grubs are the first stage in the development of the bee 

 from the egg. The queen lays all the eggs, sometimes as 

 many as a million. There is but one queen in each swarm. 

 Whenever another queen is ready to be hatched, the old 



