Miss Apis and Her Sisters. 87 



alike as one pea is like another. They all 

 have twelve thousand six hundred small 

 eyes and three large ones, a folding tongue, 

 a honey-sac,' wings that lock together, 

 extraordinary legs, and several other useful 

 and curious things. 



Having watched Miss Apis going from 

 flower to flower in the sunshine, you may 

 think that this pleasant duty is all there 

 is in her life. But oh, how mistaken you 

 are! 



Wait until you see her at home ! There 

 is as much work to be done in her house 

 as in anybody's, and she does it too. She 

 works very hard, and, in fact, with her 

 sisters, does all the work. Nobody else 

 in the family does any, and so she is called 

 the worker bee. 



For you must know that she and her 

 thousands of sisters, who are as like her 

 as one pea is like another, are not the 

 only members of the family. 



