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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



insects have three pairs of legs, which are inserted 

 into the three before-given divisions of the thorax. 

 Those of the bee, with their wondrous quickness 



Fig. 24.— Drone and Queen Leg (Magnified Ten times), and Hairs Various. 



A ' o hi T.u-^ ig £*i es , ( Dl, ° n e)-M, Tibia; p, Planta, or Metatarsus; t, Tarsi 

 ?'^ h i"S , Rlght ^ e S (Q ue , en); letteri "S ".as before. C, Sensory Hairs from 

 Labial Palpus. D, Ditto from Maxilla. E, Split Hairs from End of Bouton 

 P, Broken Compound Hair growing anew. G, Webbed Hair for Holding 

 Pollen Grains. H, Long Sensory Hair. I, Small Piece of Under Side .,?' 

 Inorax, carrying Gathering Hairs and Pollen Granules. 



and accuracy of movement, may be regarded from 

 two perfectly distinct points of view. First, as instru- 



