1 
S THE worker. 
called workers, which are the smaH- 
est in size, tho’ not, however, the 
least useful part of the community. 
On the contrary, they are most i.a.o..~ 
rious—’they build the combs, collect 
the honey, nurse the young, and de¬ 
fend the hive. They are remarkab'e 
for cleanliness, and have a earns smeii 
for honey, or honey dew*. They are 
provided with a small basket on each 
of the two hind legs, in which they 
collect, and bring home that substance, 
called farina, which they gather so 
abundantly: but of this, more hereaf¬ 
ter. In a populous hive, the number 
of workers sometimes exceeds twenty 
* Honey dew is an exudation from the leaves 
of a few trees, as oak, lime-tree &c. 
