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and very sensitive. They have large bodies 

 covered with a coat of soft brown down, 

 very pretty to look at, and their wings 

 are large. 



That they are so helpless, I am glad to 

 say, is not their fault. Mr. Apis Mellifica 

 has no honey-sac, so he could hardly be 

 expected to go out and try to bring home 

 honey. He could not get it even if he had a 

 honey-sac in which to store it, because his 

 tongue is so short and so weak. He can 

 eat honey from the honey-comb in the hive, 

 or from any easily obtained supply, but 

 that is the best he can do. 



So Mr. Drone Apis Mellifica leaves the 

 sweet occupation of gathering nectar to 

 his sister. Miss Worker Apis Mellifica. 



As for pollen, the drone has no baskets in 

 which to carry it, so there is an end to that. 



And as for working in the hive, he is 

 no better otT for tools to work with than 

 he is for a honey-sac, a serviceable tongue, 

 and pollen baskets. 



