Miss Apis's Sting. 



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' savages, and like the cruel savages 

 j^she joo poisons her weapon. 



That is why it hurts us 

 so, A jet of poison is 

 pumped down the hollow 

 <^ I ^^ /sting from a poison bag 

 ' in her body, and is forced 

 into the wound through 

 an opening in the five lower 

 barbs on each lance. So when Miss 

 Apis stings us, we get ten jets of poison 

 [pumped into the little hole she makes in 

 : our skin. 



Miss Apis's pleasant weapon is 



her constant companion, and she 



is very free to use it, excepting when 



the aforementioned bad 



birds snap her up so 



quickly, and swallow 



Wild Black- 

 ' berry. 



^^\1 



•ih'!, 



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IV 



her down so fast, 

 that she has 

 not time to get 



over her surprise 



