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Pen AcGl 



FIG. 141. Reproductive organs of drone bee, dorsal view, natural position. 

 Ac. Gl., accessory gland; B., bulb of penis; Ej. D., ejaculatory duct; 

 Pen., penis; Tes., testis; V. Def., vas deferens; Ves., seminal vesicle; 

 //., uu., yy., zz., parts of the penis. (From Snodgrass, Technical 

 Series 18, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture.) 



begins. At the posterior end, the ejaculatory duct enters the 

 copulatory organ (Pen.}. 



FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS (Fig. 142). As stated on page 

 233, the queen lays all of the eggs, the workers being sexually 



FIG. 142. Reproductive organs, sting, and poison gland of queen. A. Gl., 

 acid gland ; A. Gl. D., duct of acid gland ; B. GL, alkaline gland ; Ov., 

 ovary ; ov., ovarian tubule ; Ov. D., oviduct ; Psn. Sc., poison sac ; Spm., 

 spermatheca ; Sin., sting ; Stn. Pip., sting feeler ; Vag., vagina. (From 

 .Snodgrass, Technical Series 18, Bureau of Entomology, United States 

 Department of Agriculture.) 



