. British bees : an introduction to the study of the natural history and economy of the bees indigenous to the British Isles . Bees; Hymenoptera. GENERAL HISTORY OF BEES. 21 bread, must inevitably lead to the conclusion that the larvfe of bees require more than honey for their suste- nance. Nature is not usually wantonly wasteful of its resources, and if honey sufficed for the nurture of the grub, so much pollen would not be abstracted from its legitimate purpose, nor would bees have this double trouble given to them. By the admixture of pollen the honey has energetic power infused into it by
. British bees : an introduction to the study of the natural history and economy of the bees indigenous to the British Isles . Bees; Hymenoptera. GENERAL HISTORY OF BEES. 21 bread, must inevitably lead to the conclusion that the larvfe of bees require more than honey for their suste- nance. Nature is not usually wantonly wasteful of its resources, and if honey sufficed for the nurture of the grub, so much pollen would not be abstracted from its legitimate purpose, nor would bees have this double trouble given to them. By the admixture of pollen the honey has energetic power infused into it by the sper- matozoa which that contains. But it must necessarily be collected, for I never observed, nor have 1 seen re- corded, any instance of the pollen being eaten on the flower and regurgitated into the cell in combination with the imbibed honey. Pollen is eaten by the domestic bee and humble-bee to form wax for the structure of their cells, but the so- litary bees do not themselves consume it. The larva, when excluded from the egg, is a fleshy a h. Fig. 2.—a, the Larva, when growing ; b, when preparing to change; c, the head, viewed in front. grub, slightly curved, and a little pointed at each extre- mity. Its body is transversely constricted, the con- strictions corresponding with its fifteen segments, each of which, excepting the head and four terminal ones, is supplied with a spiracle placed at the sides, whereby it breathes; and it has no feet. These segments have on each side a series of small tubercles, which facilitate the restricted motions of the grub, confined to the bounda-. 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 Shuckard, William Edward, 1802-1868. London : Reeve
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