. The bee people. Bees. Miss Apis's Tongue. 33 The upper sheath is also made of two horny pieces Y, Y, that can be separated from each other. They lie side by side when not separated, and their in- ,^vT'v ner edges overlap, so that they/ form a covering to the upper side of the tongue. So, you see, when the two sheaths are ift their right places they make a tube about the tongue, and the tongue is run out at the point of the sheaths when the bee wants to lick up nectar. Miss Apis has her tongue-sheath sepa- rated into so many parts for a very good reason. If the sheath were a closed tube, piec
. The bee people. Bees. Miss Apis's Tongue. 33 The upper sheath is also made of two horny pieces Y, Y, that can be separated from each other. They lie side by side when not separated, and their in- ,^vT'v ner edges overlap, so that they/ form a covering to the upper side of the tongue. So, you see, when the two sheaths are ift their right places they make a tube about the tongue, and the tongue is run out at the point of the sheaths when the bee wants to lick up nectar. Miss Apis has her tongue-sheath sepa- rated into so many parts for a very good reason. If the sheath were a closed tube, pieces of honey-comb or grains of pollen or other substances might get wedged in, when she was licking up honey or nectar, and give her a great deal of trouble. But as it is, if anything gets caught, all she has to do is to separate the parts of her tongue-sheath and clear it out. 3. 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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