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MANUAL OP THE APIARY. 



female. Beside this latter organ are the sheath, the claspers- 

 when present, and in the male bee those large yellow sacks 

 (Fig. 10, i), which are often seen to dart forth as the drone 

 is held in the warm hand. 



Queen Organs, greatly magnified. 



a. a— Ovaries, 

 b -Oviducts, 

 c — Oviduct. 



d— sting. 



6 — Spermatheca. 



The female organs (Fig. 11) consist of the ovaries (Fig. 11, 

 a, a), which are situated one on either side of the abdominal 

 cavity,. From these extend the two oviducts, (Fig. 11, 6), 



