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labours of the hive, namely, the males and queen, unfurnished either 
with pollen-plates on the hind legs, or auricle at the base of the 
posterior tarsi; whilst in Bombus this deficiency, as above stated, 
occurs only in the males, thus indicating the working character of the 
female humble bees;—so we are strictly warranted by analogy in 
regarding the Apathi as incapable of working, and consequently as 
parasitic, since all the individuals of which the different species are 
composed are alike destitute of these, and some other characters peculiar 
to working bees. The exotic genus Euglossa is distinguished not only 
by the great brilliancy of colouring in many of the species, but by the 
great length of the labium and maxilla (whence the generic name), 
and which extend to the extremity of the abdomen. 
The hive bee*, and some other analogous species (forming the 


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second section of the Sociales), have the basal joint of the posterior tarsi 
striated (fig. 92. 20.), and the posterior tibiz have no spurs at the 
* Bristiocr. Rerer. ON THE Hive Beer. 
Hill. Instruction of Bees. London, 1593. 8vo. 
Butler. Feminine Monarchy; or, the History of the Bees. Oxford, 8vo. 1609 ; 
and numerous subsequent editions. 
Purchas. A Theatre of Political Flying Insects (Bees) 4to. London, 1657. 
Miraldi, in Mém. Acad. Roy. des Sciences, 1712. 

+ The various details in block 92. are those of the hive bee: fig. 1. the male or 
drone; 2. front of its head; 3. mandible; 4. antenna; 5. apex of abdomen 
laterally ; 6. posterior tibia and portion of the tarsus: 7. the queen or female ; 
8. mandible; 9. antenna; 10. tibia and posterior tarsus; 11. the worker, neuter, 
or imperfect female; 12. front of head; 13. labrum; 14. mandible; 15. maxilla; 
16. labium; 17. antenna; 18. base of anterior tarsus; 19. outside of the hind leg ; 
20. inside of the posterior tarsus. 
