. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THB APIARY. 159 valves striking- against the farther end of the reservoir, in the central awl (Fig. 74, 5). As Hyatt correctly states in his excellent article, the so-called sjieath first cuts or pierces, then the lancets deepen the wound. Beside the sting are two feeler- like organs (Fig. 75, E, E), which doubtless determine where best to insert the sting, though usually there would seem little time for consideration. Leuckart discovered a second smaller gland (Fig. 38, Sg,) mentioned also by Girard and Vogel, which also
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAI, OF THB APIARY. 159 valves striking- against the farther end of the reservoir, in the central awl (Fig. 74, 5). As Hyatt correctly states in his excellent article, the so-called sjieath first cuts or pierces, then the lancets deepen the wound. Beside the sting are two feeler- like organs (Fig. 75, E, E), which doubtless determine where best to insert the sting, though usually there would seem little time for consideration. Leuckart discovered a second smaller gland (Fig. 38, Sg,) mentioned also by Girard and Vogel, which also has a sac or reservoir where its secretion is stored. This secretion, as first suggested by L(euckart, is supposed to act as a lubricant to keep the sting in good condition. The fact that muscles connect the various parts (Fig. 75) explains Fig. Sting of Worker-Bee, modifled from Hyatt and Bryant. ,how a sting may act, even after the bee is apparently lifeless, or, what is even more wonderful, after it has been extracted from the bee. Dr. Miller thinks a sting extracted months before may still act. The barbs hold one lancet as a fulcrum for the other, and so long as the muscles are excitable, so long is a thrust possible. Thus I have known a bee, dead for hours, to sting. A wasp, dead more than a day, with the abdomen cut off, made a painful thrust, and stings extracted for several. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , George W. York & company
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