in PARTHENOGENESIS 93 



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). (After Meves^A.m.A.^igo?.) A, 

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

 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 first cell division is still attached. 







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



