. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. 42 AUSTRALASIAN generally slow and matronly, and indeed she looks every inch a queen. The drones, or male bees, are much stouter than" either the queen or workers, although their bodies are not so long as that of the queen. They are neither furnished with a sting nor a suitable proboscis for gathering honey, no baskets on their legs for carrying pollen, and no po
. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. 42 AUSTRALASIAN generally slow and matronly, and indeed she looks every inch a queen. The drones, or male bees, are much stouter than" either the queen or workers, although their bodies are not so long as that of the queen. They are neither furnished with a sting nor a suitable proboscis for gathering honey, no baskets on their legs for carrying pollen, and no pouches on their. Fig 5,—THE DRONE. abdomens for secreting wax, so that they are physically incapable of doing the ordinary work of the hive. Their office is to impregnate the young queens, but very few have the chance of doing so; those that have, die immediately afterwards, and the rest are usually destroyed by the workers at the end of the swarming season, having by this time become an incumbrance 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 Hopkins, Isaac, 1837-1925. Auckland, N. Z.
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