. The honey-makers. Bees. 132 The Honey-Makers not so long in the abdomen. His wings are large and powerful, though he does not use them often. He has a large round head with particularly fine eyes, his great compound orbs covering the sides of his head and meeting on top, thus crowding the three simple eyes out of their places to a lower position between the compound eyes. Each eye contains the enormous number of more than thirteen thousand facets, the worker having only half that many. The Drone. jjg j-j^^g thirteen joints to his antennae instead of twelve, and these remarkable organs each c
. The honey-makers. Bees. 132 The Honey-Makers not so long in the abdomen. His wings are large and powerful, though he does not use them often. He has a large round head with particularly fine eyes, his great compound orbs covering the sides of his head and meeting on top, thus crowding the three simple eyes out of their places to a lower position between the compound eyes. Each eye contains the enormous number of more than thirteen thousand facets, the worker having only half that many. The Drone. jjg j-j^^g thirteen joints to his antennae instead of twelve, and these remarkable organs each contain nearly thirty-eight thousand smell-hollows. Thus magnificently equipped with sense organs, he forms a striking contrast to his mother, the queen. He is a handsome creature with his sheeny wings droop- ing about his bright form, making what Butler calls his "side ; His back is covered by a soft golden-brown down as though he were clad in a jacket of fine velvet, and his legs are long, strong, and beautiful. He is less hairy than his sisters, the workers, though the end of his abdomen is fringed with rows of bright brown hairs. He is also less intelligent, for although his head is large, his brain is small. On the whole, with his big eyes, velvety body, and gos- samer wings, he is as pretty a bee as any in the hive, when regarded without prejudice, and he is certainly pleasanter to handle, as he never under any circumstances stings, one of his masculine peculiarities being the total absence of a sting. If teased, he will sometimes go through all the motions of stinging, perhaps as an inherited remembrance of his mother's original power in that direction. And he will also threaten with his tiny jaws, showing plenty of mascu-. 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 Morley, Margaret
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