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simple eyes (ocelli) are arranged in a triangle on the top of 

 the head. The antennas are slender, and elbowed or bent 

 at the end of the long second joint. The large clypeus 



Fig. 135. — Mouth-parts of the honey-bee. A, m, mentum; st. stipes; mx, max- 

 illa: mp, maxiUary palpus; I, lacinia; p, paraglossa; k, labial palpus; t. ligula; 

 /, "button" (mandibles not represented!. B, ligula; s, sheatL C, section or 

 B ; S, s, tubular sack; B, rod. (Magnifled.) 



is succeeded in front by the short movable upper-lip 

 (labrum). 



The mouth-parts are rather complicated, and it is their 

 complexity or high degree of specialization which for the 



