. British bees : an introduction to the study of the natural history and economy of the bees indigenous to the British Isles . Bees; Hymenoptera. 46 BRITISH BEES. small tubercle, or boss, separated from the surround- ing integument by a'suture, the colouring of which fre- quently yields a specific character, but its uses are not known. The metathorax carries the posterior legs laterally beneath, and in the centre,, behind, the abdomen. The posterior legs are the chief organs used by the majority of bees for the conveyance of pollen to store in their cells, or, as in the case of humble-bees or
. British bees : an introduction to the study of the natural history and economy of the bees indigenous to the British Isles . Bees; Hymenoptera. 46 BRITISH BEES. small tubercle, or boss, separated from the surround- ing integument by a'suture, the colouring of which fre- quently yields a specific character, but its uses are not known. The metathorax carries the posterior legs laterally beneath, and in the centre,, behind, the abdomen. The posterior legs are the chief organs used by the majority of bees for the conveyance of pollen to store in their cells, or, as in the case of humble-bees or the hive bee, the bee bread for the food for the young, or the requisite materials, in the ma- jority of other bees, for nidification. To this end they are either densely clothed with hair throughout their whole extent, â usually externally only,âor this is limited to the ex- ternal surface of the posterior âPosterior legs 1, of abnormal bee (An- ;!orilWV"â¢5tt In the social bees this shank is edged parasitic bee (Nomada). externally with stiff bristles. In a, coxa ; b, trochanter, â ' . with flocculus; c, femur; these, as in most of the bees, this d, tibia: e, planta: f, spi- i - i ,-, -, t n i nuiffi; g, tarsus, with its limb greatly and gradually expands '^^'^^' towards its articulation with the planta, or first joint of the tarsus; and this surface, which is perfectly smooth, serves to the social bee as a sort of basket to hold and convey the collected materials. The first joint of the tarsus, or planta, of this leg is also used in the domestic economy of the in- sect to assist in the same object. In the domestic bee the under side of the posterior plantse have a very peculiar structure, consisting of a series of ten transverse broad parallel lines of minute dense but short brushes, which. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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