MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES. 21 
the hive, and by which any openings are 
stopped that might admit vermin or the cold. 
The hairs with which: the basket is lined, 
are designed to retain firmly the materials 
with which the thigh is loaded. The three 
pair of legs are all furnished, particularly at 
the joints, with thick set hairs, forming 
brushes, some of them round, some flattened, 
and which serve the purpose of sweeping off 
the farina. There is yet another remarka- 
ble peculiarity in this third pair of limbs. 
The junction of the pallet and tarsus is ef- 
fected in such a manner as to form, by the 
curved shape of the corresponding parts, a 
pair of real pincers. A row of shelly teeth, 
proceed from the lower edge of the pallet, 
corresponding to bundles of very strong hairs, 
with which the neighboring portion of the 
brush is provided. When the two edges of 
the pincers meet—that is, the under edge of 
the pallet, and the upper edge of the brush— 
the hairs of each are incorporated together. 
The extremities of the six feet terminate 
each in two hooks, with their points oppo- 
