Miss Apis's Legs. 



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She generally cleans her antennae, and 

 combs her head and eyes first. She turns 

 her head from side to side, and puts her 

 front leg up over it and draws her 

 convenient comb through the' 

 hairs. She turns her head about, using first 

 one front leg and then the other, until she 

 has it as clean as a bee's head ought to be. 

 She generally puts out her tongue and gives 

 that a good rubbing too, grasp- 

 ^^j^^'o^^^ ing it in both her fore feet. 

 — -j:^^^.:^^ When you watch a bee 

 performing her toilet you will understand 

 why her legs are so beautifully jointed. 

 She must be able to move them in all direc- 

 tions, and put them over her back or under 

 her body. 



She generally cleans her back with her 

 middle legs; and her abdomen, 

 as the last division of the body --^^ 

 is called, with her hind legs. ^-^'^~ 



5^: She also uses her hind legs to 

 Z^^^^^Sr^ clean her wings, drawing down 



