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enough in the bee — this is also true of ants and some wasps — 

 this condition persists all through the larval period. Thus 

 bee-larvae have no anus or vent, and so void no excreta. But 

 as known both to Swammerdam and Newport, when the last 

 larval skin is moulted the whole canal, with its contents, is 



Section sJuyudtig structure of Honey-stomachy Stomach-mouth and Stomaeh^ 

 after Schiemenz, 



H S Honey-stomach. 



S Stomach. 



m. Muscles. 

 S m, Stomach-mouth. 



H Epithelial cells. 

 F Stomach valve. 

 h Hairs to hold pollen. 



moulted with the skin. As already stated, the spinning 

 glands in the larva become the thoracic, or glands of Ramdohr, 

 in the adult bee. 



The oesophagus or gullet, the fine thread which is pulled 

 out as we behead a bee, passes from the mouth through the 

 muscular thorax (Figs. 25 and 27) to the honey-stomach, which 

 is situated in the abdomen. Often, as every bee-keeper knows, 

 this honey-stomach (Pig. 36, /is, 61 hs) comes along with the 



