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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HONEY-BEE. 



lower jaws are shorter, its head rounder, aud its abdomen 

 without the receptacles for secreting wax ; its hind legs have 

 neither brushes nor baskets, and its sting is curved (flg. 21), 

 and one-third longer than that of a worker. 



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TIIK -illXG 01' THE QOEEN. 

 (Magnifled. From Girard.) 

 fl.fl, branches of the oviduct ; r, oviduct; b, spermathc'ca; </, Bting; 

 «, poieOQ-sack; /, glaad. 



4t7i. Its instincts are entirely changed. Reared as a 

 worker, it would have thrust out its sting at the least provo- 

 cation ; whereas now, it may be pulled Hmb from limb with- 

 out attempting to sting. As a worker, it would iave treated 

 a queen with the greatest consideration ; but now, if brought 

 in contact with another queen, it seeks to destroj' her as a 

 rival. As a worker, it would frequently have left the hive, 

 either for labor or exercise ; as a queen, it never leaves it 

 after impregnation, except to accompany a new swarm. 



StJi. The term of its life is remarkably lengthened. As a 

 worker, it would not have lived more than six or seven 

 months ; as a queen, it may live seven or eight times as 



