. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Fig. 123.—Drone Bee. Rg. 124.—Queen Bee. Fig. 125.—Neuter Bee. is clothed with a plush in some parts, and its colours are but little varied ; the Hive consists of neuters or Workers, of which the number is from 15,000 to 20,000, or even sometimes 30,000,—of about 600 or 800, or even sometimes more than 1000 males, and which are commonly called Drones, and generally of a single female, which the ancients called the King, and the moderns term the Queen. The workers, smaller than the other individuals, have 12-jointed an
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Fig. 123.—Drone Bee. Rg. 124.—Queen Bee. Fig. 125.—Neuter Bee. is clothed with a plush in some parts, and its colours are but little varied ; the Hive consists of neuters or Workers, of which the number is from 15,000 to 20,000, or even sometimes 30,000,—of about 600 or 800, or even sometimes more than 1000 males, and which are commonly called Drones, and generally of a single female, which the ancients called the King, and the moderns term the Queen. The workers, smaller than the other individuals, have 12-jointed antennae and 6-jointed abdomen ; the basal joint of the hind tarsi dilated into a pointed ear at the outer basal angle, and covered on the inside with a short, fine, close silken coating, and armed with a sting. The female exhibits the same characters, but the workers have the abdomen shorter, the mandibles spoon-shaped, without teeth; the outside of their hind tibia; are also furnished with the pollen basket ; the coating of the basal joint of the hind tarsi has seven or eight transverse striae. The males and females are larger, with the mandibles notched beneath the tip, and pilose ; the proboscis is shorter, especially in the males. These differ from the two other kinds in having 13-jointed antennae ; the head rounded ; the eyes large, and united on the crown ; the mandibles smaller and more hairy ; the want of a sting ; the four hind feet short. Tlie ventral segments of the workers, with the exception of the first and last, have within two pockets, where the wax is secreted and moulded into plates, which are discharged between the ventral segments. The wax, according. 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 Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832; McMurtrie, Henry, 1793-1865; Metcalf Collection (
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