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FIELD ZOOLOGY. 



of bees, bringing about the formation of new colonies, 

 plays an important part in the preservation of the bee 

 kind. It is quite as necessary that the communities be 

 multipUed as that the numbers of the community be 

 increased. 



Fig. 66. — Adaptive modifications of the legs of the worker honeybee. A , outer 

 aspect of left hind leg; B, ponion of left middle leg; C, inner aspect of tibio- 

 tarsal region of left hind leg; D, tibio-tarsal region of left foreleg; a, antenna 

 comb; b, brush; c, coxa; co, corbiculum; /, femur; pc, pollen combs; s, spur; 

 sp, spines; ss, spines; t, trochanter; ti, tibia; v, velum; w, wax pincers; 1-5, tarsal 

 segments; i, metatarsus, or planta. (Folsom.) 



Some of the industries of the hive are wax-making, 

 comb-building, honey-making, repairing, garbage-coUect- 

 ing, cleaning, warming, and ventilating the hive, sentinel- 

 keeping, water-carrying, nursing, and fighting. 



