. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. THE ABDOMEN. 123 On examination under the microscope, this is found to be filled with a viscous fluid, in which, with a lens of high power, may be seen moving thousands of spermatozoa derived from the drone. By voluntary effort on the part of the queen, each egg, as it passes this vesicle, may be touched with a most minute drop. Fig. 39.—Ovaries and Spermatheca of Queen. of the fluid just mentioned. Then this very marvel- lous fact results. An egg thus fertilised develops into a queen or a worker, according to the conditions under which it
. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. THE ABDOMEN. 123 On examination under the microscope, this is found to be filled with a viscous fluid, in which, with a lens of high power, may be seen moving thousands of spermatozoa derived from the drone. By voluntary effort on the part of the queen, each egg, as it passes this vesicle, may be touched with a most minute drop. Fig. 39.—Ovaries and Spermatheca of Queen. of the fluid just mentioned. Then this very marvel- lous fact results. An egg thus fertilised develops into a queen or a worker, according to the conditions under which it is hatched ; while those eggs which are not brought in their passage into contact with the fluid, and receive no spermatozoa, become drones. Herein lies the explanation of fertile workers giving birth to drones only, and of 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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