. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. THE ABDOMEN. 119 other by valves, which allow the fluid to go forward to the head, but not back towards the other ex- tremity. Passing by a simple elastic tube through the thorax, the blood, if we may so call it, is propelled to the anterior segment of the body. Its subsequent course is not very clear ; for, while some anatomists speak of a small vessel leading back to the hinder part of the body, others consider that the sanguineous, or. Fig. 35.—a, ; J, Elastic Spisal of Teacher. nutritive, liquid finds its way from the cephalic
. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. THE ABDOMEN. 119 other by valves, which allow the fluid to go forward to the head, but not back towards the other ex- tremity. Passing by a simple elastic tube through the thorax, the blood, if we may so call it, is propelled to the anterior segment of the body. Its subsequent course is not very clear ; for, while some anatomists speak of a small vessel leading back to the hinder part of the body, others consider that the sanguineous, or. Fig. 35.—a, ; J, Elastic Spisal of Teacher. nutritive, liquid finds its way from the cephalic parts to other vital organs, and after bathing them, returns to the dorsal vessel by a second set of valves per- mitting its ingress only. Turning next to the nutritive organs, we have already spoken at sufficient length of the mouth and its appendages, and have mentioned that the nectar. 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 Harris, William Hetherington, 1835-. London, The Religious tract society
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