SURPLUS HONEY IN BOXES AND EXTRACTED. 



the honey and conveys it to the honey-sacs, from which it is emptied 

 into the cells. The engraving shows how the tongue appears when 

 magnified. A is the hollow tube through which the sweet juice or 

 honey is sucked. The reported division of the tube into three parts 

 stated by naturalists, is corroborated by the longitudinal line seen under 

 the lens. The other large appendages shown, appear to be feet for en- 

 abling the bee to support itself while sucking up the nectar, and also 

 for enabling it to back out after getting all it wants. 



The sting is often the dread of beginners. It is composed of two 

 darts in one sheath. These darts when inserted into the flesh penetrate 



BEE-STING. 



alternately, till the whole sting is buried. Each is furnished with barbs, 

 which retain it until the poison escapes. The poison bag lies near the 

 root of the sting, and the poison is ejected along the barbed darts into 

 the wound. When stung remove the sting by rubbing it outward, and 

 not by catching it between the thumb and fiuger, because in this way all 

 the poison is pressed from the bag into the wound and the effect is much 

 severer than it otherwise would be. After extracting the sting, pinch or 

 press the wound and apply some alkali, as soda or hartshorn. 



