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OVARIES OF THE QUEE3 BEE. 



a lining in the cell when a bee hatches. This makes old combs much 

 stronger than new ones 



Perhaps the most peculiar and interesting part of the Queen Bee is the 

 ovaries, or egg-bag. It consists of a pair of organs, represented by FF 

 in the cut. Each is composed of tubes full of eggs, in every stage of 

 growth which start from near the apex H and open into one duct on 

 each side as shown in the cut. Each egg passes through a common 

 channel Con its way to the cell, passing by a little sac I, called the 

 " spermatheca," from which all eggs destined to become workers are 

 impregnated in passing. 



The body and legs of bees are covered with fine hairs, to which pollen 



adheres, which ic brushed off by the bee and packed in baskets on their 

 hind legs. 



A young queen seems incapable of fertilization after she is three weeks 

 old, and lays only drone eggs. She is generally fertilized at from five 

 to twelve days of age; in which act, this sac J is filled with seminal fluid 

 from the drone. It is now generally believed that the queen is able to 

 fertilize the eggs as they pass the spermatheca, at her option. Adjacent 

 organs are represented by the letters A B D and E. 



"We would recommend every beginner to transfer his bees at once when 



