...of the bee tribe. " The apparatus itself is of a very curious construction, fitted for inflictinga wound, and at the same time conveying a poison into...or director, which appears to be itself the sting. All these parts are moved by muscles, which we may suppose are very strong in them, much stronger than...

...notes of the piano-forte, it seemed to be the same with the lower A of the treble. " I have observed, that it is only the queen and the labourers that have...apparatus consists of two piercers, conducted in a groove ordirector,which appears to be itself the sting. All these parts are moved by muscles, which we may...

...as curious a circumstance as any attending the bee. — The apparatus itself is of a very singular construction, fitted for inflicting a wound, and at the same time conveying a poison into the incision. They have been known to pierce the palm of the hand, which is covered with a thick skin,...

...stings ; and this provision of a sting is perhaps as curious a circumstance as any attending the Bee. The apparatus itself is of a very curious construction,...the same time conveying a poison into that wound. They have been known to pierce the palm of the hand, which is covered with a thick skin, as deep as...

...curious a circumstance as any attending the bee, and probably is one of the characters of the bee-tribe. The apparatus itself is of a very curious construction,...the last scale of the upper side of the abdomen by 13 thin scales, six on each side, and one behind the rectum. These scales enclose, as it were, the...

...stings ; and this provision of a sting is perhaps as curious a circumstance as any attending the Bee. The apparatus itself is of a very curious construction,...the same time conveying a poison into that wound. They have been known to pierce the palm of the hand, which is covered with a thick skin, as deep as...