ANIMALS WITH JOINTED FEET-THE ARTHROPODS 



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fertilized eqqs 



unfertilized eqq 



eqq larva pupa 



Fig. 11-24. Life history of the honeybee. 



11-24). All is sacrificed, even life itself, to 

 the welfare of the colony. 



Anatomically, the bee differs from the 

 grasshopper in many ways, although funda- 

 mentally their bodies are alike. Since its 

 diet consists of both fluids and solids, the 

 mouth parts of the bee are modified for 



sucking as well as for chewing. The ovi- 

 positors of the females have been modified 

 into an organ of defense, the sting. The 

 appendages which serve as walking legs are 

 adapted for carrying pollen and for a vari- 

 ety of other highly specialized but essential 

 functions in addition to locomotion. 



