ANATOMY OF THE BEE 
the honey-stomach, for it must all go into The natural food of bees consists of 
the latter first, while at the same time pollen, nectar, and honey. The first con¬ 
it affords the bees a means of retaining tains the nitrogen of their diet, and the 
nectar or honey in the honey-stomach. other two the hydrogen, carbon, and oxy- 
Frorri Bulletin No. IS, “The Anatomy of the Honeybee," by Snodgrass, Dept, of Ay., Washington, D. C. 
Fig. 4.—Details of legs. A. front leg of worker, showing position of antenna-cleaner (dd and ee) ; B, 
end of tibia of front leg showing spine (.ee) of antenna-cleaner; C, antenna-cleaner, more enlarged; D. 
middle leg of -worker; E, hind leg of queen; F, hind leg of worker, showing pollen-basket (06) on outer 
surface of tibia; O, inner view of basal joint of hind tarsus of worker, showing thei brush of pollen-gathering 
hairs; H. hind legs of drone; 06, corbidulum, or pollen-basket; Ola. claws; Ox, coxa; dVl. notch of antenna- 
cleaner on basal joint of first tarsus; ee, spine of antenna-cleaner on distal end of tibip; Emp. empodium, 
sticky pad between the claws for walking on smooth surfaces; F, femur; ff, “wax shears;” Tar, tarsus; 
ITar, first joint of tarsus; T 6, tibia. 
