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The Bee People. 



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In this picture you can see Miss Apis's 



foot and tlie claw at the end very plainly. 



The truth is, she has been sitting with 



her foot under the microscope, 



and if you will believe me, picture 



number II. is just what you see in 



the circle in picture number I., 



^ only number II. is very much 



/ magnified. 



The claw at the end, as you see in 

 picture number II., is made of 

 four sharp points, two long and 

 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 



