50 The Bee People. 
In this picture you can see Miss Apis’s 
foot and the claw at the end very plainly. 
The truth is, she has been sitting with 
; her foot under the microscope, 
lau! HA. and if you will believe me, picture 
we «6, number II. is just what you see in 
_ the circle in picture number [., 
Of only number Il. is very much 
Nw.” magnified. 
Vie / The claw at the end, as you see in 
S€ four sharp points, two long and 
WAN two short ones. 
There is a claw like this 
at the end of each of Miss 
Apis’s six feet. 
They are as good as a whole box of 
tools, being a great deal better than hands 
and fingers for doing some of the things 
she is in the habit of doing. Between 
the points on each foot is a small pad 
(+), that can stick fast to smooth sur- 
faces like the pad on a fly’s foot, and 
