IV. 
HER HONEY-SAC. 
HAT do you suppose becomes of 
the nectar Miss Apis gathers with 
her hairy tongue? She swallows it, you 
say, and that is true. She does swallow it, 
but that is not the end of the story. When 
it is swallowed, it passes into a little honey- 
sac which is not as large as a KOI _ 
sweet-pea seed, and which is 
so delicate that it looks like a little soap- 
bubble. 
This honey-sac is in the big end of the 
abdomen, and in the picture it is shown by 
a dotted circle. It holds less than a drop of 
nectar, and we may call it the jug or bottle 
in which Miss Apis carries the blossom 
nectar home; for she does not swallow 
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