. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. As the secreted wax comes in contact with the air, it hardens, forming the scales of wax. The manipulation by the bees of the wax-scales has been carefully de- scribed by The scales are removed from the pockets by spines of the pollen comb (Fig. 54) on the first tarsal segment (planta) of the third pair of legs. The surface of the planta is passed over the ventral side of the ab- domen (Figs. 55 and 56) and after the scale is loos- ened the third leg is bent forward (Figs. 57 and 58),
. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. As the secreted wax comes in contact with the air, it hardens, forming the scales of wax. The manipulation by the bees of the wax-scales has been carefully de- scribed by The scales are removed from the pockets by spines of the pollen comb (Fig. 54) on the first tarsal segment (planta) of the third pair of legs. The surface of the planta is passed over the ventral side of the ab- domen (Figs. 55 and 56) and after the scale is loos- ened the third leg is bent forward (Figs. 57 and 58), thus passing the scale to the front pair of legs. It is then masticated by the mandibles, after which it is ready to put in place in the new comb. The various movements in manipxilation are so well shown in Casteel's figures that further de- scription is unnecessary. It is clearly shown that the so-called wax-shears, which are described by so many authors as be- ing used to remove wax- scales, have in fact nothing to do with the wax manipu- lation. It is shown later that these are concerned in pollen gathering. Fig. 57. — Ventral view of worker pass- ing wax-scale forward. Fig. 58. — Side view of worker passing wax-scale forward. Enlarged. ' Casteel, D. B., 1912. The manipulation of the wax scales of the honey bee. Cir. No. 161, Bureau of Entomology, 13 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 Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
Size: 2035px × 1228px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbees, bookyear1915
