. The honey-makers. Bees. 20. The Honey-Makers and brought forward between the jaws, which, as we have seen, open for that purpose. It now has the appearance of a short, stout, sharp-pointed dagger (S) with two little feelers (X, X) at the tip. Instantly there appears, reaching below the point of this dagger, a very active, tiny, thread-like tongue (T) wriggling about in the honey or nectar and licking it up very much as a dog's tongue licks out a dish. The best way to watch the action of the proboscis is to place a hungry bee near a drop of honey. As long as the honey is abundant and easily r
. The honey-makers. Bees. 20. The Honey-Makers and brought forward between the jaws, which, as we have seen, open for that purpose. It now has the appearance of a short, stout, sharp-pointed dagger (S) with two little feelers (X, X) at the tip. Instantly there appears, reaching below the point of this dagger, a very active, tiny, thread-like tongue (T) wriggling about in the honey or nectar and licking it up very much as a dog's tongue licks out a dish. The best way to watch the action of the proboscis is to place a hungry bee near a drop of honey. As long as the honey is abundant and easily reached, the pro- boscis will probably re- main as described; but if the bee wishes to reach a more distant point, the pro- boscis is suddenly lengthened, an inner portion {S, S) is shot out, reminding one of the manner of lengthening of a telescope. This inner part is seen to bear the feelers {X, X), as they are car- ried with it. The tongue itself is thrust further out of its hiding-place. In short, with great rapidity the pro- boscis can be extended until the tongue is able to reach more than half the length of the bee's body. As this interesting exhibition is watched, one discovers that the proboscis is not a closed tube or tubes, but is composed of parts which separate more or less as the bee imbibes the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858-1923. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company
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