MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



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work except to fertilize the queens, tlie large compound eyes 

 meet above, crowding the three simple eyes below (Pig. 4) 



Fig. 4. 



Head of Drone, magnified. 



Antenncp.. CfJmpound Eyes. Simple Eyes. 



while in the workers (Fig. 5) and queens these simple- 

 eyes, called ocelli (Fig. 5), are above, and the compound 



Fig. 5. 



Head of Worker, magnified. 



Antennm. Compound Eyes. Simple Eyes. 



eyes (Fig. 5) wide apart. The queens and drones have 

 weak jaws, with a rudimentary tooth (Fig. 21, b), short 

 tongues, and no pollen baskets, though they have the broad 

 tibia and wide basal tarsus (Fig. 16, p). 



There is some doubt as to the number of species of this 

 genus, it is certain that the Apis Ligustica of Spinola, or 



