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PlirSIOLOGY OF THE HOXEY-BEE. 



"Tlic action of tlie sting," says Palej', "ailords an example 

 of the union of chemistry and meeliauism; of eliemistry, in re- 

 spect to the venom which can produce such powerful effects; of 

 mechanism, as the sting is a compound instrument. The ma- 

 chinery would have been comparatively useless, had it not been 

 for the chemical process by which, in the insect's body, honey 



Fig. IS. 



THE STING OF THE WORKER BEE. AND ITS APPENDAGES. 



(Magiiiflid, After Barb6.) 

 a, sting: ?>, poison-saclf : r,(\ poi.soii giand.-^ : d,il. secreting bags 



