Knowledge. 



MOUTH ORGANS OF HIVE BEE. 



At the sides are the blade-like maxillte, or secondarr jaws. Their palpi are exceedingly short, jointed organs, placed at the junction of 

 the blade with the basal part. Between the bases of the maxilloe is the labium, which is prolonged as a long pointed organ, the ligula 

 or tongue, which is very flexible, ridged, and beset with hairs. Branching from the labium at each side of the ligula are the long, jointed 

 labial palpi. These and the maxilla; close round the ligula and enable the honey to be passed up into the mouth. Between the labial 

 palpi and the ligula, at the base of the latter, are faintly traceable two small organs, the paraglosste, which in some bees become 

 proportionately much larger. The mandibles, or biting jaws, are not shown in this specimen. 



