. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 26 PHrBIOLOGY OP THE HONEY-BEE. wings. Thus united, they present to the air a stronger sur- face and give the bees a greater power of flight. ISTo doubt, a single pair of wings of the same surface would have better attained the desired aim, but their width would have annoyed the bees in going inside 'of the cells, eithar to feed the larvffi or to deposit supplies. Imagine a blue fly trying, with its wide wings, to go inside of a cell!. WINGS OF THE HONEY BEE. (Magnified. Prom Cheshire.) A, anterior wing, under ?ide; p,'p, plait. B, posterior wing
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 26 PHrBIOLOGY OP THE HONEY-BEE. wings. Thus united, they present to the air a stronger sur- face and give the bees a greater power of flight. ISTo doubt, a single pair of wings of the same surface would have better attained the desired aim, but their width would have annoyed the bees in going inside 'of the cells, eithar to feed the larvffi or to deposit supplies. Imagine a blue fly trying, with its wide wings, to go inside of a cell!. WINGS OF THE HONEY BEE. (Magnified. Prom Cheshire.) A, anterior wing, under ?ide; p,'p, plait. B, posterior wing, under side ; h,h, booklets. C, cross-section of wings through line, a^hj showing hooklets in plait. 61. "Mr. Gaurichon has noticed that when the bees fan, or ventilate the entrance of the hive, their wings are not hooked together as they are in flight, but act independently of one ; (Dubini, 1881.) A German entomologist, Landois, states that, according to the pitch of their hum, the bees' flight must at times be equal to 440 vibrations in a sec- ond, but he noticed that this speed could not be kept up with- out fatigue. It is well known that the more rapid the vibra- tions, the higher the pitch. 62. Digesting Apparatus.—The honey obtained from the blossoms, after mixing with the saliva (H), and passing. 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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