. The honey-makers. Bees. The Bee's Tongue 25 Xto X'^, the outer and inner sheaths retaining their relative positions to each other. But the parallelogram X^AKS is capable of a similar change of relative position, as Fig. VI. shows, thus lowering the inner sheath and with it the tongue below the point of the outer sheath^ and extending the proboscis to its greatest length beyond the jaws. This really simple and very effective ap- paratus is worked by an arrangement of mus- cles reaching from it to the head, and as simple and ingenious as the framework itself, when the work they accomplish is c
. The honey-makers. Bees. The Bee's Tongue 25 Xto X'^, the outer and inner sheaths retaining their relative positions to each other. But the parallelogram X^AKS is capable of a similar change of relative position, as Fig. VI. shows, thus lowering the inner sheath and with it the tongue below the point of the outer sheath^ and extending the proboscis to its greatest length beyond the jaws. This really simple and very effective ap- paratus is worked by an arrangement of mus- cles reaching from it to the head, and as simple and ingenious as the framework itself, when the work they accomplish is considered. When not in use the proboscis is doubled back at the joints marked on Figs. I., 11., and III., and at 0,0, on IV., V., VI., and VII. The tongue of the bee is a hairy organ, a fortunate circumstance when the very imper- fect tube of its proboscis is considered. The hairs are arranged in rings around the tongue, the longest ones being towards j the centre, and no doubt act as efficient aids in lifting the nectar through the proboscis to the mouth when there is an abund- ance of nectar within easy reach. The tongue in such cases licks up the nectar, and one can readily watch a bee gorge itself on a drop of honey, the parts of the proboscis quite widely separated, the active tongue licking in and out, and a band of honey, so to speak, extending from the drop almost to the mouth opening. The greedy little creature is fairly shovelling in the unaccustomed 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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