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are weaker, with a rudimentary tooth, and her tongue or 

 ligula (Fig. 15, a), as also the labial palpi (Fig. 15, b) 

 and maxillse are considerably shorter. Her eyes, like the 

 same in the worker-bee (Fig. 5), are smaller than those of the 



Tig. 15. 



Labium of Queen. 



_ 6— Labial palpi. 



a, d^araglosBse. 



drones, and do not meet above. So the three ocelli are situated 

 above and between. The queen's wings, too, (Fig. 14) are 

 relatively shorter than those either of the workers or drones, for 

 instead of attaining to the end of the body, they reach but little 

 beyond the third joint of the abdomen. The queen, though 

 she has the characteristic posterior tibia and basal tarsus 

 (Fig. 16, »), in respect to breadth, has not the caivity and 



