MISS FORMICA’S DAY 
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much easier way of getting honey 
than by making it. Did you ever 
happen to hear of a little insect 
called the aphis?” 
“No,” was the reply; “what is it 
like?” 
“It is a very tiny creature that 
lives on plants. The food that it 
eats turns to something that is like 
honey, and it has the power of giv¬ 
ing out this honey. Perhaps you 
have seen a human milking one of 
those things called cows?” 
“Oh, yes.” 
“ Then you have some idea of 
the way we get our honey. The 
aphis is our cow. We pass our an¬ 
tenna) slowly and gently along the 
sides of the aphis, and then it gives 
