78 bee's tongue. 



glue obtained from certain plants, which bees use for gluing up all cre- 

 vices and making the hive tight. Drones and queen bees do not sting. 

 They may be handled with impunity. Only worker bees sting. A 

 little experience will enable you to tell the loud coarse buzzing sound 

 of a flying drone from the softened hum of the worker. And the keen 

 mad hum, when about to sting, is easily distinguished from the gentle 

 hum of a worker bee when attending to his regular duties. You should 

 examine some comb and learn to tell the difference between worker 

 comb, in which an inch measures across the top of five cells, whilst 

 four drone cells measure an inch in the same way. 



Honey will be put in either, and sometimes the cells are considerably 

 lengthened out to hold honey. If the walls of cells are broken off, bees 

 will soon build them up when honey is gotten. 



bee's tongue. 

 The antennae of a bee are two little organs sticking up like horns, on 

 the front of the head, sometimes called "feelers." They seem to be the 

 organs of touch, and are the means of intercommunication of knowl- 

 edge The ligula, commonly called the tongue, is folded when at 

 rest, but when at work it is darted rapidly among the flowers; receives 



