THE MICROSCOPE 



NOVKIVLBER, 1895. 



Number 35. 



New Series. 



Objects Seen Under the Microscope. 



By chrysanthemum. 

 XXXVIII. — THE HOXEY-BEE. 



Much has been said of the wonderful skill displayed 

 by the honey-bee in performing its domestic duties, but 

 this skill is not more wonderful than is the bee itself 

 when seen under the microscope. Of the Apis millifica 

 or honey-bee there are three kinds in the hive : the males 

 or drones, the female or queen and the neuters or worker- 

 bees. The head of the worker-bee (fig. 1) closely re- 



sembles that of the queen (fig. 2), while in the drone 

 (fig. 3) the head is much larger, and the eyes are oval in 

 shape and meet on the top of the head. The thorax of 

 the queen is larger and more'oval than that of the work- 

 er, while in the drone it is shield-shaped. But the 



