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STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO WANTS, 



from the leg without difficulty, as the hairs point 

 downwards. 



At the end of the leg, or rather foot, there are two 

 very small claws or hooks, which are most useful, 

 and are adapted for many purposes. The bees, for 

 instance, with their help will hang on to one another; 

 until they make quite a rope of their bodies hanging, 



Bee, showing Tongue. 



Tongue, highly magnified. 



as they sometimes require, in the form of a festoon, 

 from one part of the hive to another. 



The legs are also covered more or less with hairs, 

 which, like everything else, have purpose and are of 

 great use. The bees use them as brushes to remove 

 from their bodies the fine dust with which they are 

 often quite covered, after visiting a flower. 



In the next place, let us look at the tongue. Here 

 are drawings of it. 



