NATURE-STUDY LESSONS. 61 



The bunch of hairs on the legs of the bee is called the brush. 



The flattened, hairy outer surface of the hind upper part of the leg of a 

 bee is the basket. 



6. Taste the lower ends of different petals, especially 

 of the flowers frequented by the bee, to determine what 

 else the bee obtains from the flower besides pollen. 



7. («) What does the bee do with the honey it gathers? 

 {b) Watch it as it goes to and from the hive. 



{c) Infer the reason for its activity, and discover 

 how it carries the honey. 



8. («) Observe the bee on a flower too small for it to 



enter. 

 (3) Infer from its actions how it uses its tongue. 



(c) With a lens observe the little scales between 



the segments of the abdomen. 



(d) If possible, observe how it plucks out these 



scales. 

 {e) What use does it make of them ? 



9. Where does the bee get wax ? 



10. {a) Observe whether the bee ever visits the blos- 



soms of fruit-trees. 

 {b) At what time of the day do we find the 



greatest number of bees at work among 



flowers ? 

 (c) Infer the reason of this. 



11. Draw the different parts of its body. 



12. Draw the bee on a flower. 



1 3. Model the bee in clay. 



The fore part of the bee is the head; the middle part is the thorax; and 

 the hind part is the abdomen. 



14. (a) On which subdivision of the bee are the legs 



placed ? 

 {b) How many pairs of legs has the bee? 



