TONGUE OF BEE. 



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OT lance ; the whole is most ingeniously connected to the 

 head by a horny sheath, and a series 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 



I, Honey-bee's 



Fig. 2SO. 



-bee's tongue. 2, Leg, showing pocket for carryin^ the 

 (The small circles show the objects about the naSraf size.) 



Bee-bread. 



