VIII. 



HOW SHE HEARS AND SMELLS. 



A/[ ISS APIS can hear and she can smell, 

 ^ ' *■ though just how she hears, since she 

 has no ears, and just how she smells, since she 

 has no nose, puzzled people for a long- time. 

 The truth is, she is able to do these 

 of her antennae, which, 

 .are the two feel- 

 out from her 

 antennae or feel- 

 having one 



things because 



you remember, 



ers that stand 



face. These, 



ers, are jointed,! 



long joint next the face, and a number of 



short joints forming a very movable tip. 



The long joint serves especially as an arm 



to move the many-jointed end about. 



If Miss Apis's eyes seem to us wonder- 

 ful, what shall we think of her antennas? 

 For though she has no ears, she has thou- 



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