. Eyes and no eyes. wer down her leg, you ^\ill see thatit is covered with hairs which form a small she comes out of a flo^ver her hairy bodyis covered with pollen-dust,and she brushes it off withone leg, making it into a littlelump, which she packs intothe basket of the other leg. Her mouth is a most use-ful tool for getting she is not sucking,her trunk is drawn in underher strong jaws. But ^^henshe is feeling for honey, this trunk, which is reallya long under lip with a hairy tongue inside it, isthrust into the flo^ver and brings back the honey,which she passes down her
. Eyes and no eyes. wer down her leg, you ^\ill see thatit is covered with hairs which form a small she comes out of a flo^ver her hairy bodyis covered with pollen-dust,and she brushes it off withone leg, making it into a littlelump, which she packs intothe basket of the other leg. Her mouth is a most use-ful tool for getting she is not sucking,her trunk is drawn in underher strong jaws. But ^^henshe is feeling for honey, this trunk, which is reallya long under lip with a hairy tongue inside it, isthrust into the flo^ver and brings back the honey,which she passes down her throat into a honey-bag, or first stomach. Then she flies back to the hive. There otherbees take the pollen out of her basket as she goesin, and she passes on to the cells, and pours intothem the honey from her throat. Some of thishoney is used to feed the young bee-grubs, and therest to fill the honey-combs for the winter. Sometimes, however, the bee does not pour outthe honey, but goes to the top of the hive, and. HIND-LEGS OP BEK. 1. Outer Side. 2. Inner Sidewith Groove for Honey. mVE BEES. S9 hangs quietly by her front feet. After about fourand twenty hours the honey is digested in herstomach, and part of it forms bees-wax, whichoozes out under her body into eight little she goes down into the hive, and picks thiswax out with her strong jaws, moistens it with hertongue into a kind of paste, and uses it to build thecells of the comb. It is when the bees are out getting honey andpollen that they are so use-ful to the gardener. Youwill remember that the vegetable marrows cannot growunless the bees carry pollenfrom one flo^ver to plants have better flowersand our fruit trees bear betterfruit because the bees fly to bee hanging and showfno •^ THE WAX-POCKETS UNDER and iro and carry j)ollen from her to another. But if the bee carried it haphazard from onekind of flower to another it would be of very littleuse, for strange pollen would not make
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