74 STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO WANTS. 



a body differently shaped to that of the worker, but 

 one that, in many respects, is actually different, 

 wanting some things which the worker has, and 

 having others which the worker has not. 



Moreover, she is so made that her habits and 

 instincts are quite different. And, more wonderful 

 still, she will probably live two, three, or even four 

 years or more, instead of only so many months ; and 

 be able, during her life to lay, an enormous number 

 of eggs, — a million, or even more. 



How marvellous is the change thus produced, so 

 far as we know, by the wonderful food given to the 

 larva ! You see it is something far more wonderful 

 than would be the feeding of the young puppy of a 

 pug with some particular food, and by such a process 

 of feeding, turning it into a greyhound. 



CHAPTER XVHI. 



THE STRUCTURE OF THE BEE ADAPTED TO ITS WANTS 

 AND WORK. 



In a previous chapter something was said of the won- 

 derful way in which bees are formed to accomplish 

 the. work they have to do. We will now pursue this 

 subject a little further, and take one of the ordinary 

 worker bees, which we have traced from the egg and 

 its infancy to the perfect insect, and examine more 

 closely some of its parts ; and we shall see in it, I 



