The mouthparts of honey bee are of chewing and lapping type.The labrum lies below the clypeus and the mandibles are situated on either side of the labrum. The labrum are used for moulding the wax and manipulating the pollen.The glossae of the second maxillae or labium form a tongue-like process or ligula with a spoon like depressions at its tip called the labellum or honey spoon. It constitutes a tube or proboscis for sucking up the nectar.The labial palps are well developed and they help to make the ligula. The apparatus is protected by the long galeae of the first maxillae.
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