Eggs of ^ueen. 



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longer than either drones or workers, being more tlian 

 seven-eighths of an inch in length, and, with her long taper- 

 ing abdomen, is not withont real grace and beauty. The 

 queen's mouth organs are developed to a less degree than 



Fig. 28. 



Fig. 27. 



Lahjum of ^neen, 



a Ligula. 

 d d Paraglossae. 

 b Labial palp i. 



/ Tibia 

 / f Tarsal joints. 



Part of Leg of ^ugettt magnified, after Duncayi. 

 p Broadened tibia and basal tarsus. 



are those of the worker bees. Her jaws (Fig. 42, 5) or 

 mandibles are weaker, with a rudimentary tooth, and her 

 tongue or ligula (Fig. 27, a), as also the labial palpi (Fig. 

 27, 3) and maxillse, are considerably shorter. Of the four 

 pairs of glands (Fig. 38) so elegantly figured, and so well 

 described by Schiemenz, the queen has the first pair very 

 rudimentary, and the others well developed. Her eyes, 

 though like, yet hardly as large as the same in the worker 

 bee (Fig. 6), are smaller than those of the drones, and do 

 not meet above. So the three ocelli are situated above and 

 between the compound eyes. The queen's wings (Fig. 



