THE TONGUE OF A BEE.
(Sent in by E'awiri J. Beryl Broadley, River Eoad, Taumiarunui.) This looks to our eyes just a coarse red hair, but under the microscope it is no longer so. Three delicate tubes, all well within the compass of a single thread; can we comprehend the fineness of the hair lining the inside of the tubes? As the bee: licks, up nectar, these small hairs act as a strainer, and all pollen grains are caught in the fine ; mesh. What wondrous architect designed this adjustable tongue* How.simply the bee unrolls the tubes, and with two front feet brushes away the pollen particles. Ie there any mechanical action so worthy "of our reverence t
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1934, Page 16
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