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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-EXPERIMENT STATION 
Method of Procedure. * 
Give each child a bee. Tell them to be careful not to break 
her. We are going to examine the honey bee today and see 
what we -can find out about her. Let us see how many big 
divisions the body is made up of. (Three.) These parts each 
have a name, the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. (Show 
large chart with these three parts named.) 
Let us examine the head. What do you find here that you 
find on our head? (Mouth parts and eyes.) We will look at 
these more closely after a while. What do you find in front of 
the eyes? (Answer probably “hair-like affairs.”) These are 
called antennae. Who in the class can tell their use? (Touch 
and smell, probably hearing.) 
What do you find fastened to the thorax? (Legs and 
wings.) How many pairs of legs do you find? How many 
pairs of wings? If you look closely you will see that the thorax 
is divided into three parts and on each of these parts is found 
a pair of legs. To what segments of the thorax do you find the 
wings fastened ? 
The abdomen or the last segment of the body forms the 
sting, which you all have felt, even if you have not seen it in 
your lifetime. 
We will now see who can tell what they have learned about 
the adult bee today. The bee is a true insect. In the adult 
stage we find that its body is made up of three parts: the head 
containing the eyes, mouth, and antennae; the thorax containing 
two pairs of wings and three pairs of legs (six legs) ; and the 
abdomen. 
Lesson Three 
Take up eyes—study with lens—antennae, legs (feathery 
hairs,—pollen sac) body covering, and sting. 
Books for Teacher. 
Hodge, Nature Study and Life. 
Kellog and Doane, Economic Zoology. 
Margaret Morey, The Bee People. 
John Burroughs, Birds and Bees. 
Poem. ‘ ‘ The Busv Bee. ’ ’ 
