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queen is longer and more oval than that of the worker, 

 ■whilst that of the drone is shield-shaped. But the 

 abdomen is the part of the body which presents in the 

 three types the greatest dissimilarity : in the .worker 

 it is small and oval, in the queen much longer and 

 thicker, tapering to a point, whilst that of the drone is 

 short, stout, and oblong in shape, being fringed at the 

 posterior part with long stout hairs (PL II. figs. 1, 2, 3). 

 The prominent characteristics of the three varieties 

 are : 1st, in the drone, the thickset body, covered all 

 over with long hairs, especially at the termination of 

 the abdomen, and the large oval eyes, meeting on the 

 back of the head ; 2nd, in the queen, the long, pointed 

 abdomen and comparatively shorter wings; 3rd, in 

 the worker, the smaller size of the insect, globular 

 thorax, and the absence of those peculiarities which 

 characterize the queen and drone*. 



Let us now return to the consideration of the 

 worker ; and we shall ask you once more to change 

 its position, and, viewing it in front, to obtain a survey 

 of its physiognomy. 



If you regard it in this aspect, aided we will say 

 by a magnifying lens of about 10 or 20 diameters, 

 you wiU find that the head of the worker-Bee closely 

 resembles a card heart in shape (PL III. fig. 1) ; in the 

 bulging sides of which (fig. 1, a) you wiU probably 

 recognize its crescent-shaped compound eyes, whilst 



* A detailed description of the three varieties wiU be found 

 in Messrs. Kirby and Spence's work on Entomology, p. 358, 

 note. (Cheap Edition.) 



