Fig. 4. Digestive System of Bee (magnified ten times.) 



A, Horizontal section of body; Ip, labial palpus; mx, maxilla; e, eye; <lv, 

 dv, dorsal vessel; v, ventricles of the same; No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, salivary 

 gland systems, 1, 2, 3; ae, oesophagus; pro. t, prothorax; mesa, t, mesathorax; 

 meta. t, meta thorax; g, g, ganglia of chief nerve chain; n, nerves; hs, honey 

 sac; p, petaloid stopper of honey sac or stomach-mouth; c. s, chyle stomach; 

 bt, biliary or malpighian vessels; si, small intestine; 1, lamellae or gland 

 plates of colon; li, large intestine. B, cellular layer of stomach; gc, gastric 

 cells, magnified 200 times. C, biliary tube be, bile cells; t, trachea. D, 

 inner layer, carrying gt, gastric teeth. (From Cheshire by courtesy of L*. 

 Upcott Gill, London. 



