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EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 
Apis mellifica 
8 A group of nurse cells surrounding an oocyte. XX 1900. 
9 An older oocyte with nurse cells and epithelial cells. > 1250. 
10 An outline showing the arrangement of an oocyte and its accompanying 
nurse cells. XX 1250. 
11 Part of arather old oocyte, o, still connected with nurse cells, n, by means 
of rings, e, epithelian cell. > 1250. 
12 An outline of an older oocyte showing the rings between the nurse cells 
and oocyte and between neighboring nurse cells. 480. 
