Tbe Brothers. 89 
and very sensitive. They have large bodies 
covered with a coat of soft brown down, 
very pretty to look at, and their wings 
are large. 
That they are so helpless, I am glad to 
say, is not their fault. Mr. Apis Mellifica 
has no honey-sac, so he could hardly be 
expected to go out and try to bring home 
honey. He could not get it even if he had a 
honey-sac in which to store it, because his 
tongue is so short and so weak. He can 
eat honey from the honey-comb in the hive, 
or from any easily obtained supply, but 
that is the best he can do. 
So Mr. Drone Apis Mellifica leaves the 
sweet occupation of gathering nectar to 
his sister, Miss Worker Apis Mellifica. 
As for pollen, the drone has no baskets in 
which to carry it, so there is an end to that. 
And as for working in the hive, he is 
no better off for tools to work with than 
he is for a honey-sac, a serviceable tongue, 
and pollen baskets. 
