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THE HONEY-MAKERS. 
basket the bee carries its load safely to the 
hive. 
Hind Leg of the Bee, highly magnified. 
At the end of the feet are little hooks, by 
which they adhere to the walls of the hive, and 
often to each other. 
Beside the stomach proper, the bee has what 
may be called a honey-bottle, consisting of a little 
membraneous bag, pointed in front, and used sim- 
ply for the retention and safe transportation of 
honey. 
For taking up the sweet liquids of the flow- 
ers, and turning them into this little bottle, she is 
provided with a long, flexible proboscis, which 
acts in all respects like a tongue, but is in fact 
a prolongation of the under lip. 
