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employ. Behold its saws, its rakes, its brushes, its chisels ; 

 compare them with ours, and you Avill at once admit that 



C3. Bee seen from below with its Ventral Segments of Wax. 



all you know how to fabricate is only very inferior to what 

 it possesses. The scalpel of the anatomist seems to have 

 an edge of delicate workmanship; its polish attracts 



04. Hind Feet, used as Ciliary Oars, in the m:de and female D3'tiscus, and the 

 Prehensile Foot of the male. 



• us; examine it with the microscope, and you are surprised 

 to see it transformed into a coarse saw-blade. It is the 



