. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAlv OP THB APIARY. 143 oesophagus as we pull the bee's head from the body. The oesophagus (Fig. 61, ce) is about .2 of an inch Igng and .02 of an inch in diameter. In form and function the oesophagus is not different from the same organ in other animals. It is simply a passageway for the food (Fig. 27, 61 oe). The honey-stomach (Fig. 62, A, s) or honey-sac is a sort of a crop or proventriculus. This sac is oval about .1 of an inch in diameter. While this organ is lined with a cellular layer (Fig. 62, HS, E), the cells are not la
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OR, MANUAlv OP THB APIARY. 143 oesophagus as we pull the bee's head from the body. The oesophagus (Fig. 61, ce) is about .2 of an inch Igng and .02 of an inch in diameter. In form and function the oesophagus is not different from the same organ in other animals. It is simply a passageway for the food (Fig. 27, 61 oe). The honey-stomach (Fig. 62, A, s) or honey-sac is a sort of a crop or proventriculus. This sac is oval about .1 of an inch in diameter. While this organ is lined with a cellular layer (Fig. 62, HS, E), the cells are not large and numerous as in Fig. Four pieces forming Stomacji-Mbuth, after ScMemenz, c Cells. T m Transverse muscles. //s Longitudinal muscles. the true stomach (Fig. 62, 5, E). The muscular layers of this sac are quite pronounced (Fig. 62, m), as we should expect, as the honey has to be regurgitated from it to the honey-cells. This is truly a digestive chamber, as the nectar—cane-sugar— is here changed to honey—glucose-like sugar—but this is prob- ably through the ferment received from the glands of Meckel and Ramdohr, and not from any secretion from the organ itself. The pollen is also very slightly digested here, as Schon- feld has shown, through the action of the saliva from the glands of Siebold, or lower head-glands. At the posterior end of this honey-stomach is the stomach-mouth (Fig. 36, 62, s, m, and 61, p) of Burmeister, which is admirably described by Schiemenz. It is really a stomach-mouth. Spherical in form, .02 of an inch in diameter, and, as Schonfeld well says, re- minds one of a flower-bud. It (Fig. 61 />) can be seen by the. 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 & company
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