122 Of the Sting and Scraper of a Bee. 
whole fling becomes buried in the wound, and then a 
Venemous juice is injected through the fame fheath, 
from a little bag at the root of the fling, which occafions 
an acute pain, and a fuelling of the part continues fome-*- 
times for feveral days after. This is befl prevented by 
enlarging the wound immediately to give it fome dif- 
charge, and anointing it with a little common oil. 
A B C, .fig. 188. reprefents the fheath or cafe, out of 
which the two flings or rather fpears are protruded. y E the 
cavity, in which they lie. C the thicknefs of the cafe 
below ; and about C s A, the two fpears fliew themfelves 
each in a ieparate place. Fig. 189, fhews part of the 
fling taken out of the fheath, K its edge or bearded part, 
Tits back without beards. M N, fig. 190. reprefents 
the whole fling taken out of-the fheath with its back 
that is without beards next the eye; the upper part 
M O is inclofed round about and hollow within, the 
the lower part O P open ; P N fhews part of the broken 
nerve, QJR. is part of the body faflen’d to the fling, 
and placed in the thicker part of the cafe D C A, fig. 
188. ABC, fig. 191, reprefents both the darts as they 
lie together clofe againfl the fheath z ; yet one of them 
with its point a little before that of the other, to be ready 
(as I conceive) to be darted into the flefli. And fig. 
192. fhews both the darts in part out of the fheath; and 
one a little higher than the other, as if it were at work. 
Fig. 193* reprefents one of the two arms wherewith 
Mr Leeuwenhoek thinks the bee makes her honey¬ 
combs, and are furnifh’d with three peculiar joints as at 
0 , A, B. Fig. 194, is one of the ferapers placed on the 
fore part of the head, by which fhe ferapes the wax from 
Sowers. Fig. 195. is the wiper placed forward on the 
heads 
y Arc. Nat. Tom. Hi. Epift, 133, Phil. Tranf. No. 97* 
2 Derham’s Phil, Theo. p, 240, 
