•JO The Bee People. 



cleaner. The teeth in the round comb on 

 one side and the sharp edges of the flap or 

 brush on the other clean off every particle 

 of dust. 



You can see her almost any time draw- 

 ing first one antenna, then the other, 

 ^through the useful and remarkable 

 % little cleaners provided for the 

 purpose. She will often 

 rcieaningher ^^top in the middle of her honey- 

 Antenna. gathering to do it, for she seems 

 to feel uncomfortable if her antennae are 

 not as clean as clean can be. 



The brush at s is used to clean out 

 the round comb on the opposite leg. 



As you can imagine, it was a long 

 time before people understood the uses 

 of Miss Apis's antennae; but about two 

 hundred years ago Mr. Francis Huber, a 

 Swiss gentleman who loved bees, found 

 out a part of the secret. He discovered 

 that the honey-bee smells and feels with 

 her antennae. 



