. The bee people. Bees. Miss Apis's Tongue. 35 can see only the upper sheath and the two little feelers that grow on the points of the lower sheath. In this next picture she has pushed her tongue out below the sheaths, as she does when licking up honey or nectar that is easily reached. If the nectar is hard to get at she needs a longer tongue, and therefore shoots the under sheath out below the upper one. When she does this her tongue is not so fH^ell protected, but^^)feg it is longer, as yout f\\[: can see in this next picture. When the tongue is' not in use, it is drawn up as short as possib
. The bee people. Bees. Miss Apis's Tongue. 35 can see only the upper sheath and the two little feelers that grow on the points of the lower sheath. In this next picture she has pushed her tongue out below the sheaths, as she does when licking up honey or nectar that is easily reached. If the nectar is hard to get at she needs a longer tongue, and therefore shoots the under sheath out below the upper one. When she does this her tongue is not so fH^ell protected, but^^)feg it is longer, as yout f\\[: can see in this next picture. When the tongue is' not in use, it is drawn up as short as possible, Si^fe jj^ and then is folded back fhpeis^egaudew^ into a groove on the folded back, under-side of Miss Apis's head, something. 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- [from old catalog]. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company
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