Wash! 



CHAPTER III. 



THE HONEY BEE: CLASSIFICATION, PHYSI- 

 OLOGY AND CHARACTERISTICS. 



Each family of bees is composed, (Curing a portion 

 of the year, of three classes viz: queen, drones, 

 and workers. During the remainder there are only 

 two the queen and workers, or developed and unde- 

 veloped females. (See plate 1.) 



Fig. 1 represents the queen life size, and 2, mag- 

 nified. 



3. Drone life size, and 4, magnified. 



5. Worker life size, and 6, magnified. 



7. Anatomical view of the worker ; a, thorax or 

 pipe through which the honey passes from the mouth 

 into the honey sack 5, and c the intestines. 



8. Worker magnified, showing the scales of wax 

 as they exude from the rings of the belly ; a, scales 

 of wax separated from the bee. 



9. The legs of a worker loaded with pollen. 



10. Section of brood comb ; in the center is seen 

 a queen cell, from which a queen has emerged ; on 

 the right, drone comb, with drone brood emerging ; 

 on the left, (where the queen cell is attached) worker 

 comb, with worker brood emerging. 



