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GUIDE TO INSECTS. 



explained by drawings and specimens. The visitor should not fail 

 to notice the flakes of wax removed from the abdomen of a specimen. 



Fig. 57. 



Legs of queen honey bee. 

 Fig. 58. 



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Legs of worker honey bee. 



It will be seen that these are nearly transparent, and it is only after 

 being worked by the bee's mouth that they lose this transparency. 

 Other bees are shown in Table-case 50. 



