. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. Underside of Ahdomen of Worker Bee, Vf Wax Scales, /, ^, j, 4^ St 6 Segments of Abdomen, in order. strong and prominent. The function of these wax jaws is doubtless to grasp and remove the wax scales from the wax pockets, and carry them to the jaws of the bees. These wax jaws are not found in queens or drones, nor in other than wax-producing bees. They are well developed in Trigona and Melipona, and less, thougii plainly marked in bombus. Girard gives this explanation in his admirable work Les Abeilles; and as he is no pla
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. Underside of Ahdomen of Worker Bee, Vf Wax Scales, /, ^, j, 4^ St 6 Segments of Abdomen, in order. strong and prominent. The function of these wax jaws is doubtless to grasp and remove the wax scales from the wax pockets, and carry them to the jaws of the bees. These wax jaws are not found in queens or drones, nor in other than wax-producing bees. They are well developed in Trigona and Melipona, and less, thougii plainly marked in bombus. Girard gives this explanation in his admirable work Les Abeilles; and as he is no plagiarist, as he gives fullest credit to others, he may be the discoverer of these wax jaws. If he is not, I know not who is. As before stated there are six segments to the abdomen, in the queen and worker bee (Fig. 49), and seven in the male. Each of these abdom- inal rings consists of a dorsal piece or plate—tergite and pleii- rite united—which bears the spiracle, and which overlaps the ventral plate or sternite. These plates are strengthened with chitine. These rings are connected with a membrane,. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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