184 Mr. Hunter's Observations on Bees. 
ficult to save them. The duct common to those on both sides 
may be called the vagina, and it is continued to the anus, or 
termination of the belly. 
Of the Male Parts. 
The male parts of generation, in the common bee, are much 
larger than in the humble bee. This we suppose necessary, 
considering the vast number of eggs the common bee lays, 
more than the humble bee does. 
The external parts of generation of the male bee, are rather 
more under the belly, than in the others of this tribe ; not so 
much at the termination of the belly; and they are rather 
more exposed, the two last scales, especially the under one, 
not projecting so much: the two holders are not so project- 
ing beyond their base, nor are they so hooked, or sharp, as in 
the humble bee ; hardly deserving the name of holders. 
From the external parts, passes up into the abdomen a pretty 
large sheath, whose termination incloses the glans penis. It 
is a bulbous part, having a dark coloured horny part upon it, 
which has two processes near its opening externally, one 
on each side, of a yellow colour : it has another process, which 
is white, and seems to be a gland. It can be made to pass 
along this sheath, or prepuce, and appear externally : I have 
been able, with a pair of forceps, to invert the sheath, be- 
ginning externally at the mouth, and pulling out a little at a 
time, by shifting my hold, till the glans has appeared ex- 
ternally. 
The internal parts are the testicles, with their appendages. 
The testicles are two small oblong bodies, lying near the 
