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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



impregnated; that is, they contain none of the sperm cells. In 

 laying an egg the queen may voluntarily withhold the sperm cells 

 by not compressing the muscular spernmtheca, which she always 

 does when laying in drone cells. Unmated queens and fertile 

 workers really undeveloped queens which are physically un- 

 able to mate, frequently lay eggs. These always produce males 

 or drones. Such drones are functionally perfect. The micro- 



scope shows that sperm cells 

 are always absent in eggs from 

 drone cells, and that drones from 

 unimpregnated queens and fer- 

 tile workers are sexually per- 

 fect. 



FIG. 5. WORKER BEE. 



FIG. 7. JAWS OF BEES. 



Fiu. 6. TONGUE OF A WORKER BEE, MUCH 



MAGNIFIED. 



FIG. 8. LF.GS 

 OF BEES. 



mx, m.r Maxillae. 

 r,c Cardos. 



.B-Ligula, with sack dis- 

 tended. 

 /Funnel. 



That drone bees the same 

 is true of wasps and ants are 

 the result of agamic reproduc- 

 tion or parthenogenesis, is as 

 thoroughly demonstrated as any 

 law in science. It was first shown by the great German bee- 

 master, Dzierzon. 



The drone bee is longer in developing than either queen or 

 worker. It is twenty -four days from the egg to the fully devel- 



tit.M -Stipes. 



I, I Lac in iiv. f Cross-section of ligula. 



j Colorless membrane. A Tubular rod. 



&' Sheath. k, k- Luliia pulpi. 



A Wuxilhe and Inblum. t Tongue. 



mp.fTiu Max. pulpi. /Funnel. 



a Sub rm-niuru. K Tulmlar rod. 



m Mem inn. g, t Colorless membrane. 



l>,jj 1'uraglossie. 



