. Elementary biology, animal and human. Biology. 36 ANIMAL BIOLOGY ness to deposit an egg in each of the various wax cells of the brood chamber. Queens have been known to lay 3000 eggs in a single day, and since a queen may live as long as five years, she may lay over 1,000,000 eggs during a lifetime. The queen is therefore the mother of all the bees in a colony. The distinguishing characteristics of drone or male bees (Fig. 24) are their broad abdomens, the absence of a sting, and their very large, compound eyes, which nearly meet on the top of their heads. In numbers they vary at different.
. Elementary biology, animal and human. Biology. 36 ANIMAL BIOLOGY ness to deposit an egg in each of the various wax cells of the brood chamber. Queens have been known to lay 3000 eggs in a single day, and since a queen may live as long as five years, she may lay over 1,000,000 eggs during a lifetime. The queen is therefore the mother of all the bees in a colony. The distinguishing characteristics of drone or male bees (Fig. 24) are their broad abdomens, the absence of a sting, and their very large, compound eyes, which nearly meet on the top of their heads. In numbers they vary at different. 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 Peabody, James Edward, b. 1869; Hunt, Arthur Ellsworth, joint author. New York, The Macmillan company
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