. The anatomy of the honey bee. Insects; Bees; Bees Anatomy; Honeybee Anatomy. regions of the bee's head may be named according to the sclerites with which they correspond in other insects. Thus, the part of the face above the clypeus and between the compound eyes may be called the front (fig. 9A, Ft), the parts below the compound eyes the gence (Ge), and the top of the head the vertex 0 (Vx). The area on the back of the head around the foramen magnum may likewise be termed the occipital region (fig. 9B, 06) and the parts be- hind the genae and the lower halves of the compound eves the postgen
. The anatomy of the honey bee. Insects; Bees; Bees Anatomy; Honeybee Anatomy. regions of the bee's head may be named according to the sclerites with which they correspond in other insects. Thus, the part of the face above the clypeus and between the compound eyes may be called the front (fig. 9A, Ft), the parts below the compound eyes the gence (Ge), and the top of the head the vertex 0 (Vx). The area on the back of the head around the foramen magnum may likewise be termed the occipital region (fig. 9B, 06) and the parts be- hind the genae and the lower halves of the compound eves the postgence (Pge). The worker, queen, and drone differ conspicuously in the shape and size of the head, as will be seen by comparing A, B, and C of figure 10. In these drawings the front has been removed in order to show various internal parts, which will be described later. TYTiile the head of the worker (A) is triangular in facial view, that of the queen (B) is more rounded and wider in proportion to its length. The head of the drone (C) is much larger than that of the female and is nearly cir- cular in outline. In shape the head of the queen is intermediate between that of the worker and that of the drone, but in size it is somewhat smaller than the head of the worker. The eyes (E) of the worker and queen are about equal, but those of the drone are enormously enlarged and are broadly contiguous on the vertex and the upper part of the front. On this account the ocelli (O) of the drone are crowded down on the front nearer the bases of the antennae and the front itself is very much narrowed above. The antennae of the drone consist of 13 segments, while those of the females have but 12 segments. The mandibles are largest proportionately in the queen and are very small in the drone. Those of the worker have a smooth terminal edge, while this edge is notched in the queen and the drone. The parts of the proboscis are much longer in the worker <MdGl. Please note that these images are extr
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