So | Account of the Working Bee. 
of the middle joint ": thefe laft, there is a {mall 
cavity in the form of a marrow {poon, in which 
the bees collect, by degrees, thofe loads of wax 
they carry home to their hives. This hollow 
grove is peculiar to the working bee. Neither 
the Queen nor the drones have any refem- 
blance of it. 
The belly is ornamented or natin 
with fix rings; and contains, befides the intef- 
tines of the animal, the honey bladder, the ve- 
nom bladder, and the fling. The honey blad- 
der is a refervoir, into which is depofited the 
honey that the bee fips from the cups of the 
flowers, after it has paffed through the pro- 
bofcis, and through the narrow pipes, that con- 
nect the head, breaft and belly of the bee. 
This bladder, when full, is of the fize of a 
{mall pea, and is fo tranfparent, that the colour 
of the honey can be diftinguifhed through it. 
The fling is fituated at the extremity of the — 
"belly, and the head or root of it is placed con- 
tiguous to the imall bladder that contains the 
venom. It is connected to the belly by cer- 
tain {mall mufcles, by means of which the bee 
can dart it out, and draw itin, with great force 
and quicknefs. In length it is about the 6th 
part of aninch. Itis of a horpy fubftance ; 
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