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AKATOMY OF THE BEE. 



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From Bvilletin No. 18, ' The Anatomy of the Honey-bee," by Snodgrass, Bureau of Ent. Dept. of Ag., Washington. D C. 



tTG. 8— Reproductive org-ari'; of queen, dorsal, together with sting, its muscles, glands, and poison-sac. 

 4 G;, ai: id-glands of sting; AGJD, duct of acid-glands; BCpx. bursa copuiatrix; KG?, -ilkaline gland of 

 sting; Oi', ovaries; ou, ovarioles; OrD, oviduct; PsoSc. poison-sac; 7XS, median part of ninth abdominal 

 sternum; Spm, sac of spermatlieca; SpmOl, spermathecai gland; Sin, sting; StnPlp, palpus of sting; 

 Vng, vagina. 



