Miss Apis’s Tongue. 35 
can see only the upper sheath and the two 
little feelers that grow on the points of the 
lower sheath. 
In this next picture she has pushed her 
tongue out below the sheaths, 
as she does when licking up 
honey or nectar that is easily 
reached. 
If the nectar is hard to get atl 
she needs a longer tongue, and W 
therefore shoots the under sheath out 
below the upper one. 
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into a groove on the folded back. 
under-side of Miss Apis’s head, something 
