492 EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Fig. 40 shows a number of worker-larvee of different ages. 



Fig. 41 is a section of a magnified cell, showing the posi- 

 tion of the larva in the cell, (p. '48.) 



Fig. 49 is a queen-cell, of the natural size. 



Fig. 50 is a queen-cell cut open lb show- the position of 

 the unhatched queen. At its base may be seen the royal 

 jelly ; (p. 70.) 



' PLATE XVI. Figs. 51 and 52. 



Fig. 51 shows (he Proboscis of a worker-bee, highly mag- 

 nified ; (Swammerdam.) The central tube(a) is used for 

 sucking up the honey, and the other parts for pushing aside 

 the petals of flowers, and for various other purposes. 



Fig. 52 shows the abdomen of a worker, magnified. 



PLATE XVII, Figs. 53 and 54. 



Fig. 53 Shows the magnified sting of a worker ; (Swam- 

 merdam.) (a) is the poison bag. The muscles on each side 

 of the sling serve to drive it inlo the wound, and all the 

 parts represented, are torn from the body of .the bee, when 

 she loses her sling, (p. 62;) ' . ' 



Fig. 54, (Reaumur,) shows the honey-bag(a), stomach(J), 

 inteslines(c), and rectuni(o), of a worker. The honey-lsag 

 is not entirely filled. 



PLATE XVIII. Fig. 55, Ovaries of the Qdeen. 



(/j) and (g) are the two ovaries (p. 38) uniting in a com- 

 mon oviduct (e). d is the spermatheca ; an egg is repre- 

 sented as passing through the oviduct, by the mouth of this 

 seminal reservoir, to be impregnated, r is the rectum, and 

 (a) the poison-sack. The sting is more curved than that_^of 

 the worker. 



