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The workers, too, possess an organ of defense (Fig. 25), 

 which they are quick to use if occasion requires. This 

 is not curved as in the queen, but straight. The gland 



Fig. 25. 



Worker''s Sting, magnified. 



a-Tube. • ^ ^ c— Poison sack. 



00— Barbed spears drawn out of tube and turned back, (J— Muscles. 



which secretes the poison is dolible, and fin sack (Pig. 25, c), 

 in which it is stored, is as large as a flax-seed. The sting 

 proper, is a triple organ, consisting of three sharp spears, very 

 smooth and of exquisite polish. The most highly-wrought 



