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passes to the oviduct of the female. Beside this latter organ 

 are the sheath, the claspers, when present, and, in the male 

 bee, those large yellow glandular sacs (Fig. 37, /), which are 

 often seen to dart forth as the drone is held in the warm hand. 



Fig. 37. 



Male Organs of Drone^ much magnified. 



a Testes. e Common duct. 



66 Vasa deferentia. fg Ejaculatory duct. 



<■<■ Seminal sacs. h Penis. 



d Glandular saos. i Yellow saccules. 



The female organs (Fig. 38) consist of the ovaries (Fig. 

 38, o, o), which are situated one on either side of the abdominal 

 cavity. From these extended the two oviducts (Fig. 38, J?), 

 which unite into the common oviduct (Fig. 38, /)), through 

 which the eggs pass in deposition. In the higher Hymenop- 

 tera there is beside this oviduct, and connected with it, a sac 



