THE HONEY-BEE, 25 
This sting, as it appears to the naked eye, is but a 
tiny instrument of war, so small, indeed, that its wound 
Fig. 2.—A GROUP OF BEES. 
would pass unheeded by all the larger animals, were it 
not for the poison introduced at the same instant. It 
has been described as being ‘‘ composed 
of three parts, a sheath and two darts.” 
The greatly magnified sting and the. sac 
containing the poison are shown in figure 4 
on the next page. The darts which penc- 
trate the flesh are close side by side in 
their sheath or tube below; these darts 
are also represented at one side and separated to show 
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Fig. 3—WoORKER. 
