. The new bee-keepers' text-book. Bees; Bee culture. 82 OVARIES OF THE QUEE3 BEE. a lining in the cell when a bee hatches. This makes old combs much stronger than new ones Perhaps the most peculiar and interesting part of the Queen Bee is the ovaries, or egg-bag. It consists of a pair of organs, represented by FF in the cut. Each is composed of tubes full of eggs, in every stage of growth which start from near the apex H and open into one duct on each side as shown in the cut. Each egg passes through a common channel Con its way to the cell, passing by a little sac I, called the " spermat
. The new bee-keepers' text-book. Bees; Bee culture. 82 OVARIES OF THE QUEE3 BEE. a lining in the cell when a bee hatches. This makes old combs much stronger than new ones Perhaps the most peculiar and interesting part of the Queen Bee is the ovaries, or egg-bag. It consists of a pair of organs, represented by FF in the cut. Each is composed of tubes full of eggs, in every stage of growth which start from near the apex H and open into one duct on each side as shown in the cut. Each egg passes through a common channel Con its way to the cell, passing by a little sac I, called the " spermatheca," from which all eggs destined to become workers are impregnated in passing. The body and legs of bees are covered with fine hairs, to which pollen. adheres, which ic brushed off by the bee and packed in baskets on their hind legs. A young queen seems incapable of fertilization after she is three weeks old, and lays only drone eggs. She is generally fertilized at from five to twelve days of age; in which act, this sac J is filled with seminal fluid from the drone. It is now generally believed that the queen is able to fertilize the eggs as they pass the spermatheca, at her option. Adjacent organs are represented by the letters A B D and E. "We would recommend every beginner to transfer his bees at once when. 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 King, Albert J; King, N. H; King, Homer A. New York, King
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