. St. Nicholas [serial]. W. Fairbanks. THE HONEY-BEES FOOT. A wonderful case of adaptation is shown ina honey-bees foot, which consists of claws anda pad (called a pulvillus). Projecting from thelower side of this pulvillus are numerous hairscalled tenent or holdinghairs, which secrete aclear, sticky fluid thatenables the bee to walkon smooth pulvillus may beused or not, as the bee is walk-ing on a rough objectthe claws only are used,and the pulvillus is fold-ed and turned upward(Fig. i). On a smooth surfacethe claws are turned down and backward and only
. St. Nicholas [serial]. W. Fairbanks. THE HONEY-BEES FOOT. A wonderful case of adaptation is shown ina honey-bees foot, which consists of claws anda pad (called a pulvillus). Projecting from thelower side of this pulvillus are numerous hairscalled tenent or holdinghairs, which secrete aclear, sticky fluid thatenables the bee to walkon smooth pulvillus may beused or not, as the bee is walk-ing on a rough objectthe claws only are used,and the pulvillus is fold-ed and turned upward(Fig. i). On a smooth surfacethe claws are turned down and backward and only thepulvillus is used(Fig. 2), and when the foot is to be removedthe pulvillus is loosened by being rolled up fromthe edges, as you would remove a plaster—only, in this case,much more , in his ex-cellent bookon Beesand Bee Keeping,says : The bee can fix and release each TIG. 2. WALKING ON A SMOOTH f^^f of- lpocf tmptltvSURFACE. PULVILLUS IN ACTIVE r00t ^ ^^l tWCnty use, claws thrown back. times a FIG. I. WALKING ON A ROUGHSURFACE. PULVILLUS, OR PAD,THROWN BACK.
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