ANATOMT OP THE BBB. 



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the spermatophore (43) the organs are ruptured, and the drone 

 dies. The queen, having now within her " the potency of the 

 two sexes," returns to the hive carrying, as an appendage, part 

 of the male organs — a sure sign of impregnation. 



P 

 Pig. 11. 



OUGANS OF THE QUEEN, ETC. 

 A, Abdomen of Queen, under side (magnified eight times)— P, Petiole; 0, O, 

 OTsries; As, Position filled by Honey Sao ; d?. Position through which Digestare 

 System passes; od, OTidnct; co.d, Common Ovidnot; B, j&gg passing Oviduot; 

 I, Spermathecs; i. Intestine; 'pb. Poison Bag; fg. Poison Gland; st. Sting; 

 p. Palpi. B, Rudimentary OTaries of v)rdinary Worker — sp, Rudimentary 

 Spermatheca. 0, Partially developed Ovaries of Laying Worker — so. Rudimen- 

 tary Spermatheca, 



43. Organs of the Queen — The organs of the queen include 

 the ovaries (Fig. ii, O. O.) in which the eggs are developed; 

 the oviducts (od), the spermatheca {s, and Fig. 12), which 

 retains the spermatozoa received from the drone and number- 

 ing, according to Leuckart, the enormous quantity ol 



