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THE PRACTICAL BEE GUIDE. 



watched bees alighting' at their hives in the breeding season 

 (74). Corbiculas do not appear on the posterior legs of either 

 the queen or the drone, the dutj- of collecting and carrying 

 pollen being assigned to the worker only. The queen, a great 

 walker, has the largest legs, and the drone has the smallest. 

 The tarsus, or foot (t) has five joints, the terminal joint being 

 furnished with two unguiculi, or claws, of great strength, which 

 can be turned up or down as required. These claws enable 

 the bees to cling to their combs, to fi.x themselves securely to 

 other substances, and also to suspend themselves to the hive- 

 top, or to each other in festoons (10) or clusters. Between the 

 claws is the lyulvillus, or cushion, which secretes an oily, sticky 

 substance that enables the bee to move about upon, or to 

 adhere to glass and other smooth surfaces. 



Vig. 6. 



"WINCS OF THE BEE.— NEEVURES, CELLS, AND DETAILS 



A ancl B, Anterior and Posterior Right Wings of Worker (under eide), magni- 

 fied eight times,— 2 to li. Cells; c,d, Plait; f,f, Hooldets. C Plait and 

 Hooklets, magnified twenty five times— c',d', Plait; e'.f, Hooklets. D, Cross 

 Section (through line a. b,) of p. Plait, and ft. Booklet, locked together. 



