108 FAMILIiE. {^pis. **. c. l.) 



the antennae of the female and neuter consist of 

 the same number of articulations exactly, viz. 

 thirteen, including the radicle (n) : those of the 

 male have fourteen joints (o), although the fourth 

 and fifth, counting from the head, under any but 

 a very powerful magnifier, appear to be but one, 

 Many other authors have fallen into similar mis- 

 takes on this head. Swammerdam says, if Hill 

 rightly translates him, for 1 have not the original 

 by me, that the antennae of the working bees have 

 only five joints, while those of the males and fe- 

 males have eleven (/)). Reaumur gives only twelve 

 joints for the antennae of the neuter, including the 

 radicle (q). GeofFroy says that those of the female 

 and neuters consist of fifteen articulations, and 

 those of the male of eleven only, he affirms also 

 that the abdomen of the female consists of seven 

 segments, instead of six, \vhich is the real num-r 

 ber(r). Scopoli finally reduces the number of ar- 

 ticulations of the antennae of the female to ten (5). 

 A bulky volume would scarcely suffice for a 

 complete account of the history, economy, mode 

 of c^ilture, &c. of the hive bee ; I shall not, there- 

 fore, at this time enter upon it, but content myself 

 with referring my reader to the elaborate treatises 



(w) Tab. 12. e. 1. fem. fig. 6. and neut. fig. 13. 

 (0) Tab. 11. e. 1. mas. fig. 5. (p) Hill's Swam, pt, 1. 



p. 167. I think there must be some mistake here, 

 (y) Reaum. torn. 5. Mem. 6. p. 282. tab. 25. fig. 4. 

 (r) GeofT. Hist. Ins. 2, p. 380, 38;. (s) Eut. Car, n.811. 



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