TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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The Project 5 



Structural Characters of the Reproductive Organs 6 



a. Organs of the Queen 6 



b. Organs of the Drone 7 



Position Assumed by the Queen and Drone in Coition, on the Mating Flight. ... 11 



Attempts to Control either Mating or "Fertilizat'on'' of the Queen Honey Bee. . 15 



I. Classification of Certain Recorded Attempts to Control Mating 16 



a. Instances of Mating during Confinement in One Way or Another 16 



b. Instances of "Artificial Fertilization" by Hand 16 



II. Attempts, at Controlling Mating, Carried Out Under This Project 17 



Legends for the Figures 20 



