Bui. 1, new series, DIv. of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate II. 



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Digestive System of Bee (magnified ten tmnesv 



A. Horizontal section of body: Ip. labial palpus; mx, maxilla; e, eye; dv, rfr. dorsiil 

 vessel; v. ventricles of the same; No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. salivary jjland systems. 1. 0. 3; 

 a?, oesophagus; pro. ^ prot borax; mesd.i. mesathorax; uutat. metathorax: j/, y. 

 ganglia of chief nerve chain: h. nerves; hs, honey sac: p. petaloid stopper of honey 

 sac or stomach mouth; c.s. chyle stomach: ht. biliary or Malpighian vessels; vs"/. 

 small intestine; /, lamellae or gland plates of colon; //. large intestine. 



