54 How to Study Insects. 
related to the habits of animals, as the mouth and other 
organs that have to do with food-taking and food-getting? 
Every bee-keeper will receive great benefit by dissecting 
these parts and studying their form and relations for him- 
self. By getting his children interested in the same, he 
will have conferred upon them one of the rarest of bless- 
ings. 
To dissect these parts, first remove the head and care- 
fully pin it to a cork, passing the pin through, well back 
between the eyes. Now separate the parts by two needle 
points, made by inserting a needle for half its length into a 
wooden pen-holder, leaving the point projecting for three- 
fourths of an inch. With one of these in each hand com- 
mence operations. The head may be either side up. Much 
Fic. 9. 
Microscope mounted for Dissecting. 
may be learned in dissecting large insects, even with no 
glass; but in all cases, and especially in small insects, a 
good lens will be of great value. The best lens now in 
the market is the Coddington lens, mounted in German sil- 
ver. These are imported from England. They can be 
procured of any optician, and only cost $2.00. These 
lenses can be mounted in a convenient stand (Fig. 9) which 
may be made in twenty minutes. I think one of these 
more valuable than a large compound microscope, which 
