QUEEN-REARING IN ENGLAND. 83 



corbicula 



comb 

 auri'c/e 



LEG \ 



rig. 41. 



Pollen collecting apparatus on th« hind legs of the hnmble-bee (.Bombus 



terrestris, qaeen). 



Eis. 42. 



Sections through 



variegated pollen 



masses from the cor- 



biculse of a worker of 



Bombus terrestris. 



Fig. 43. 

 Bombus terrestris, queen, end of tibia, 

 left hiBid leg. p, comb or pecten; s, 

 excipula; /, entrance to corbicula; j, 

 juncture of tibia with metatarsus (this 

 IS the ball and socket point, the socket 

 being here shown). 



