. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. Genus of the Honey-J3ee. 35 highest of insect families, at the head of which stand our own fellow laborers and companions of the apiary. I shall be very glad to receive specimens of wild bees from every State in our country. To send bees kill with gasoline or chloroform, and mail in a strong box wrapped with cotton, so as to prevent injury. THE GENUS OF THE HONEY-BEE. The genus Apis includes all bees that have no tibial spurs on the posterior legs, and at the same time have three cubital or sub-costal cells (6, 7, 8, Fig.
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. Genus of the Honey-J3ee. 35 highest of insect families, at the head of which stand our own fellow laborers and companions of the apiary. I shall be very glad to receive specimens of wild bees from every State in our country. To send bees kill with gasoline or chloroform, and mail in a strong box wrapped with cotton, so as to prevent injury. THE GENUS OF THE HONEY-BEE. The genus Apis includes all bees that have no tibial spurs on the posterior legs, and at the same time have three cubital or sub-costal cells (6, 7, 8, Fig. 4)—the second row Fig. A Anterior or primary wln^, B Posterior or secondary wing. C Hool^lets mucli magniiied. a Costal vein. b Sub-costal vein. c Median vein. d Anal vein. q Posterior margin, V Fold where hoolclets catch. // Ilooklets. 1 Costal cell. 2 Median cell. 3 Sub-median cell. 4 Anal cell. 6 Marginal cell. 6, 7, 8 and 9 Sub-mareinal cell. 10, 11 and ]2Discoidal cells. 14 Apical cells. from the costal or anterior edge—on the front or primary wings. The marginal cell (5, Fig. 4), is very long. On the inner side of the posterior basal tarsus, opposite the pollen baskets, in the neuters or workers, are rows of hairs (Fig. 48,) which are used in collecting pollen. In the males, which do no work except to fertilize the queens, the large compound eyes meet above, crowding the three simple eyes below (Fig. 5), while in the workers (Fig. 6) and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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