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The Bee People. 



something just as difficult and just as 

 important. 



Like the drone, she has no honey- 

 sac and no pollen baskets, though both 

 *queen and drone have plenty of brushes 

 on their legs to keep themselves clean. 

 Her wings are small, and she has a very 

 short tongue. Her head is small in pro- 



portion^ to nerv Dodfy, as are 

 also her eyes, which have fewer facets] 

 than the workers' eyes, and she has short 

 antennae. 



In this picture of the heads of the queen, 

 the drone, and the worker, you can readily 

 tell which is which. 



You see the queen expects to be taken 

 care of all her days, and so does not need 

 to be as well provided with sense organs 

 as the workers. 



