. Comparative zoology, structural and systematic : for use in schools and colleges. Zoology; Anatomy, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. 304 COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. the Honey-bees (Apis), Humble-bees (Bombus), Wasps (Vespa), Ants (Formica), Ichneumon-flies, and Gall-flies. Those living in societies exhibit three castes: females, or " queens males, or " drones and neuters, or sexless " ; There is but one queen in a hive, and she is treated with the greatest distinction, even when dead. She dwells in a large, pear-shaped cell, opening down- ward. She lays three kinds
. Comparative zoology, structural and systematic : for use in schools and colleges. Zoology; Anatomy, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. 304 COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. the Honey-bees (Apis), Humble-bees (Bombus), Wasps (Vespa), Ants (Formica), Ichneumon-flies, and Gall-flies. Those living in societies exhibit three castes: females, or " queens males, or " drones and neuters, or sexless " ; There is but one queen in a hive, and she is treated with the greatest distinction, even when dead. She dwells in a large, pear-shaped cell, opening down- ward. She lays three kinds of eggs: from the first come forth workers, the second produces males, and the last females. The drones, of which there are about eight hundred in an ordinary hive, are marked by their great size, their large eyes meeting on the top of the head, and. b c Fig. 277.—Honey-bee {Apis wnellifica): a, female ; b, worker; c, male. by being stingless. The workers, which number twenty to one drone, are small and active, and provided with stings, and hollow pits in the thighs, called " baskets," in which they carry pollen. Their honey is nectar elabo- rated in the crop by an unknown process; while the wax is secreted from the sides of the abdomen and mixed with saliva. There is a subdivision of extra labor: thus there are wax-workers, masons, and nurses. Ants (except the Saiiba) have but two classes of workers. While Ants live in hollow trees or subterranean chambers (called formi- carium), Honey-bees and Wasps construct hexagonal cells. The comb of the Bee is hung vertically, that of the Wasp is 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 Orton, James, 1830-1877; Birge, E. A. (Edward Asahel), 1851-1950. New York : Harper & Bros.
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