. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 206 NATURE-STUDY. Fig. 6S. Sting and Poison Bladder of Honey-bee. (PhotcimicrOj^rraph.) It is used for gathering pollen, and the tiljia, the lowest seg- ment of the same leg, is used as a basket to carry the pollen to the hive. It is provided with long curving hairs for that purpose. Bees are frec[uently seen in the field or coming home to the hive, witli their pol- len baskets filled with goklen dust. The wings of bees are very transparent, with but compara- tively few veins. The fore and hind wings are fastened together by mea
. Nature-study; a manual for teachers and students. Nature study. 206 NATURE-STUDY. Fig. 6S. Sting and Poison Bladder of Honey-bee. (PhotcimicrOj^rraph.) It is used for gathering pollen, and the tiljia, the lowest seg- ment of the same leg, is used as a basket to carry the pollen to the hive. It is provided with long curving hairs for that purpose. Bees are frec[uently seen in the field or coming home to the hive, witli their pol- len baskets filled with goklen dust. The wings of bees are very transparent, with but compara- tively few veins. The fore and hind wings are fastened together by means of minute hooks along their adjacent edges. These in- terlock and make the wings more rigid. Bees are excellent flyers. The mouth-parts are very comjjlicated. There is a pair of rather weak chewing mandibles, a pair of sharp maxilke for piercing flowers, and the lower lip is peculiarly modified into a hairy, hollow tongue, adapted for sucking or lapping up the nectar of flowers. It lies between the second pair of maxilla;. The bee, as is well known, is provided with a formidable sting. This is a modification of the ovipositor. Connected with the sting is a poison-gland from which the bee injects into the wound formic acid, which causes an irritating in- flammation. The above description applies to the worker-bee. There are two other forms, the queen and the drone. The drones are the males, and can be distinguished by their greater plumpness and hairiness. The queen is the mother of the drones and of the workers, and has a body which is longer. 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 Holtz, Frederick Leopold, 1870-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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