MANAGEMEET OF HONEY BEES. Q7 
siderably larger, and of a’ deeper black in the 
upper parts, while the under surface and the 
limbs are of a rich tawny color. Her pro- 
bosis is more slender, her legs are longer 
than those of the worker, but without the 
hairy brushes at the joints, and as she is ex- 
empted from the drudgery of collecting fa- 
rina or propolis, the posterior pair are with- 
out the spoon-like cavity found in those of 
her laboring offspring. When about to’ be- 
come a mother, her body is considerably 
swollen and elongated, and her wings in con- 
sequence appear disproportionally short.— 
The abdomen of the queen contains the ova- 
rium consisting of two branches, each of 
which contains a large assemblage of ves- 
sels filled with eggs, andterminating in what 
is called the aviduct. This duct, when ap- 
proaching the anus, dilates itself intoa larger 
receptacle, into which the eggs are dis- 
charged, and which is considered by natural- 
ists, as the sperm reservoir, or depository of 
fecundating matter, from thence they are ex- 
truded by the insect, and deposited in the 
