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branous wings. Honeybees are more highly specialized in life habits and 

 structure than grasshoppers. Colonies of honeybees consist of ( 1 ) 

 workers which are females with undeveloped reproductive organs, (2) 

 male drones, and (3) female queens. A typical colony may contain 

 50,000 workers, a few hundred drones, and one adult queen. The 



A. 



B. 



Fig. 195. — Castes and development of the honeybee {Apis mellifica) of the 

 order Hymenoptera. In A, the adults, a is a worker; b, a queen; c, a drone. In 

 B, the immature stages, a is an egg; h, young larva; e, old larva; d, pupa. (From 

 Phillips: Bees, U. S. Department of Agriculture, courtesy of Bureau of Ento- 

 mology and Plant Quarantine.) 



drones and queen are for reproductive purposes. Hymenoptera are char- 

 acterized by having their mouth parts modified for both sucking and bit- 

 ing (chewing) . The body is divided into head, thorax, and abdomen. 



