MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES. 17 
jaws, the maxillze or lower jaws, the labrum 
or upper lip, the labium or lower lip, with 
the proboscis connected with it, and four palpi 
or feelers. 
The tongue of the Bee, like that of other 
animals, is situated within the mouth, and is 
so small and insignificant in its form, as not 
to be easily discernable. In most anatomical 
descriptions of the Bee, the real tongue, now 
described, has been erroneously confounded 
with the ligula or central piece of the pro- 
boscis, afterwards to be described. The up- 
per jaw of the Bee, like that of all other in- 
sects, is divided vertically into two, thus 
forming, in fact, a pair of jaws, under the 
name of mandibles. They move horizon- 
tally, are furnished with teeth, and serve to 
the little laborers as tools, with which they 
perform a variety of operations, as manipu- 
lating the wax, constructing the combs and 
polishing them, seizing their enemies, de- 
stroying the drones, &c. The lower jaws 
or maxille, divided vertically as the others, 
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