Archive image from page 136 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE. 117 kindness of Mr. V. Novitzki, who sent me a number of drones, the heads of two of which are accurately drawn in Fig. 23. A is a true albino, the eyes, com- pound and simple, being alike absolutely devoid of pigment. These drones evidently saw nothing clearly, although they could distinguish light; for, if placed i
Archive image from page 136 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSE. 117 kindness of Mr. V. Novitzki, who sent me a number of drones, the heads of two of which are accurately drawn in Fig. 23. A is a true albino, the eyes, com- pound and simple, being alike absolutely devoid of pigment. These drones evidently saw nothing clearly, although they could distinguish light; for, if placed in a box with a small opening, they found the latter at once, and crawled out, but remained captives if Fig. 23.—Heads of Abnormal Drones (Magnified Eight times). A, Head of Albino—oe, White Com 01 nil Eye 0, White Ocelli ; th, Tactile Hairs; a, a, Antennae; m, Manlibala; rnx, Maxillae. B, Head of Eyeless Drone—h, Hairs; 0, Outline, showing Size of Head of Normal Drone; a, a, Antennae ; m, Mandibula; mx, Maxilke. the box was kept in the dark. In the same hive with these drones appeared others with a still more extraordinary defect—no eves at all existing. The owner represented to Mr. Novitzki that they were headless, and such they might easily have been supposed by a superficial observer. Smooth and hard surfaces, bearing limp, irregular hairs, covered the sides of the head, which did not rise high enough
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