GLOSSARY. S23 



Meso-Thorax— Second joint of thorax, p. 78. 



Meta-Thorax — Third joint of thorax, p, 78. 



Metal Corners — Tins to fasten and unite corners of frames. 



Micropyle — Openings in eggs where sperm-cells enter, p. 101. 



Midrib of Comb— Center partition of comb, p. 182. 



Miller — Moth, which is the more proper word, p. 482. 



Mismated— Not purely mated. 



Moth — All scale-winged insects except butterflies. 



Moth-Larva — Immature moth, p. 483. 



Moth-Miller — Incorrect term often used for moth, p. 484. 



Moth-Trap — Trap for catching moths. 



Movable-Frame Hive — Langstroth hive, p. 210. 



Muscles — Organs that produce motion, p. 80. 



Nadir— The under story of a two-story hive; a wide eke, p. 213, 



Nectar — Sweet substance, as the liquid in nectaries of flowers, p. 171. 



Nectaries— Nectar-glands of flowers. 



Nerves— White threads which connect organs to convey impressions or 

 impulses, p. 81. 



Nervures of Wings — Same as veins, p. 45. 



Neuter — Incorrect name for worker-bees ; they are not neuters, but unde- 

 veloped females, p. 129. 



New Idea Hive — Long one-story hive with many frames. 



Non-Swarming Hive — A purely ideal hive, supposed to prevent swarming. 



Normal — Usual; regular. 



Nucleus— plural, nuclei; miniature colony of bees for queen-rearing,p.281. 



Nurse-Bees — Young bees or ones that feed the brood, p. 164. 



Nursery— Device for rearing queens. See lamp-nursery, p. 286. 



Nymph — An insect in the pupa state; the immature bee in cell that is the 

 form of adult bea is a nymph, p. 99. 



Observatory Hive — Hive with glass sides, so that bees can be seen without 



disturbing them, p. 238. 

 Ocelli — Simple eyes on epicranium, usually three, p. 73. 

 CEsophagus — Tube leading from pharynx to honey-stomach, pp. 89, 142. 

 Open Sections — Sections that do not touch on sides, p. 240. 

 Ovary — Essential organs of the female, where the eggs grow, p. 94. 

 Over-stocking — Where more bees are kept than a locality can supply with 



a full harvest of nectar. 

 Oviduct — Tube for passage of egg from ovary, p. 94. 

 Ovipositor — Same as oviduct, p. 94. 

 Ovum— Egg, pp. 95, 101. 



Palestine Bees— Race of yellow bees found in Southern Syria ; the so- 

 called Holy-Land bees, p. 48. 



Paraffine — Wax-like crystalline substance used to coat barrels and pre- 

 vent leakage ; one of the products of crude petroleum. 



Parasite — An organism that feeds upon another, p. 37. 



Parent Colony — The colony from which a swarm has issued. 



Paraglossae — Short appendages at base of tongue, pp, 67, 132. 



Parthenogenesis — Reproduction without males, p. 126. 



Pasturage — Plants from which food is secured, p. 389. 



Pecten of Legs — Fringe or comb of hairs. 



Perforated Zinc — Zinc with holes cut so worker-bees can pass, but drones 

 and queens can not, p. 219. 



Pharynx — Throat or back of the mouth, p. 89. 



