118 The Honey Stomach. 
should expect, as the honey has to be regurgitated from it 
to the honey cells. This is truly a digestive chamber, as 
the nectar—cane sugar—is here changed to honey—glucose- 
like sugar—but this is probably through the ferment 
Section showing structure of Honey-stomach, Stomach-mouth and Stomach, 
Hs Honey-stomach. Sm Stomach-mouth, 
S Stomach. £ Epithelial cells, 
m Muscles. V Stomach valve, 
4 Hairs to hold pollen, 
received from the glands of Meckel and Ramdohr, and 
not from any secretion from the organ itself. The pol- 
len is also very slightly digested here as Schonfeld has 
shown, through the action of the saliva from the glands of 
Siebold, or lower head glands. At the posterior end of 
this honey-stomach is the stomach-mouth ( Fig: 21 and 4o, s, 
m) of Burmeister which is admirably described by Schie- 
menz. Itisreally astomach-mouth. Spherical in form, .o2 
of an inch in diameter, and, as Schonfeld well says, reminds 
one of a flower bud. It (Fig. 21) can be seen by the unaided 
