. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 21, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 295 THK ABDOMEN. By this time the reader has undoubtedly thought that if ?the body of a bee is an aggregation of hard and stiff boxes, how can the abdomen be so flexible? The abdomen is formed, not by a solid box, but by a series of strong, elastic rings of chitine joined together by bands of skin. Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal cut of the abdomen, the heavy lines representing the rings and the light lines the skin. The rings as represented are in a con- tracted position, telescoping under each other. When t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 21, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 295 THK ABDOMEN. By this time the reader has undoubtedly thought that if ?the body of a bee is an aggregation of hard and stiff boxes, how can the abdomen be so flexible? The abdomen is formed, not by a solid box, but by a series of strong, elastic rings of chitine joined together by bands of skin. Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal cut of the abdomen, the heavy lines representing the rings and the light lines the skin. The rings as represented are in a con- tracted position, telescoping under each other. When the abdomen expands, they draw out and permit the abdomen o lengthen considerably. Crosswise the change is efi'ected in a still more remarkable manner. Each ring is formed of two pieces (usually called plates) joined together by the skin spoken of. Or, rather, the whole abdomen is formed. Oi/iiicU'taiicn. 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 [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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