Secondly, To the +Legs+, by which the insect moves itself from place to place upon the earth. Of these there are _six in number_, each composed of several joints, and articulated like our arms, thus affording the power of various movements: in the legs are three distinct divisions; namely, the thigh, the shank, and the foot. In the _four_ hinder legs one joint forms a kind of _brush_, externally smooth and bare, but covered on the inside with stiff bristling hairs. By these the insect is enabled to brush off farina both from the tips of the stamina of flowers and from the hairs of its own body. With the jaws and two fore-feet, the meal is rolled into small compact masses, which are conveyed, by the middle pair of legs, to the _spoon-shaped cavities_ in the centre joint of the two hindmost feet; these are surrounded by strong close set hairs, to secure more firmly the precious burdens. (No such groove is to be found in the legs of either the queen-bee or drone.) _Each foot_ terminates in _two hooks_, with their points opposite to each other, by means of which the bees suspend themselves from the roofs or sides of the hives or boxes, and hang from each other, in the form of festoons, ropes, or cones. From the middle of each pair of hooks proceeds a little thin _appendix_, which is usually folded up; when unfolded it enables the insects to fasten themselves to polished surfaces, such as glass, &c.: they probably also use it for taking up small bodies, the pollen for instance, which they thereby transmit to the hollows of their hinder legs. The trunk also gives origin to a number of muscles, serving various purposes, which it would lead me too much into detail to enter upon here. +The Abdomen.+ The _abdomen_, besides various other parts, contains the _honey-bag_, the _venom-bag_, and the _anus_, which latter in the female comprehends the _ovipositor_ and _sting_: in the male it contains the _organs of reproduction_ but no sting, and of course no ovipositor. For a particular account of these, _vide_ Organs of Reproduction further on. +Organs of Sensation.+