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bee is puzzling, and does not appear to have any significant connection 



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Fig. 43. 



The meiotic phase in the drone of the honey-bee (Apis mellifica). (Alter Meves,'/l.');,.'l.,''i907.) A, 

 primary spermatocyte ; B, prophase I. ; C, abortive metaphase I. ; D, E, degeneration of the mitotic iigm'e, 

 beginning of cell division; F, prophase II. The cell has completed its division into a larger nucleated and 

 a smaller non-nucleated portion. G, metaphase II. ; H, anaphase II. ; I, cell divided into two unequal 

 spermatids. The non-nucleated cell derived from the iirst cell division is still attached. 



with the peculiarities of the first division. In the hornet (Meves and 



