. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. THE DRONE. 85 organ torn from the drone, and still adhering to her body. If it were not for this arrangement, her spermatheca could not be filled, unless she remained so long in the air with the drone, as to incur a vei-y great risk of being devoured by birds. In one instance, some days after the impregnation of a queen, we fomid the male organ, in a dried state, adhering so firmly to her body, that it could not be removed without tearnig her to Fig. 37. HEAD OF DHONE. (Magnified. After Barbd.) 189. The number of drones in a hive is ofte
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. THE DRONE. 85 organ torn from the drone, and still adhering to her body. If it were not for this arrangement, her spermatheca could not be filled, unless she remained so long in the air with the drone, as to incur a vei-y great risk of being devoured by birds. In one instance, some days after the impregnation of a queen, we fomid the male organ, in a dried state, adhering so firmly to her body, that it could not be removed without tearnig her to Fig. 37. HEAD OF DHONE. (Magnified. After Barbd.) 189. The number of drones in a hive is often very great, amounting not merely to hundreds, but sometimes to thousands. As a single one will impregnate a queen for life, it would seem that only a few should be reared. But as sexual inter- course always takes place high up in the air, the young queens. 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 Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons
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