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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HONEY-BEE. 



"The action of the sting," says Paley, "affords an example 

 of the union of chemistry and mechanism; of chemistry/ in re- 

 spect to the venom which cuu produce such powerful etfects; 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 



Pig. 18. 



THE STING OF THE WORKER BEE^ AND ITS APPENDAGES. 



(Magnified. After Barbfl.) 

 a, sting; h, poison-sack; c,c, poison glands; d,d, secreting 1 



