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CHAPTER XX. 
QUEEN ORGANS. 
Olearies — Follicles — Developme7it of Ovum — Number of Eggs 
a7td Egg Ger7Hs — Oviduct — Bursa Copulati'ix — Spe7‘77iatheca 
aTid its Use — Valvular Co7itrollmg Muscles — Appendicular 
Gla7ids — Large Nu77iber of Sper77iatozoa — Dec7'ease hi Fer- 
tility of Queens — Microscopic Examhiation — Valvular Johit 
— Nuptial Flight — Hoiv soo7i lmp7'eg7iatio7i takes place — The 
effect if delayed — No 7iotice taken of U7iimpregnated Quee 7 i 
by Wo7'kers — Dro7ie-breedhig Quee7ts. 
The ovaries of the queen are, from their size, easy to 
find and recognise. Their position, as shown by 
Leuckart ( 93 ), is seen at e in Fig. 54, which is a 
longitudinal section through the abdomen of a 
Fig. 54. — Section of Abdomen of Queen. 
queen bee, the queen organs being the homologues of 
those of the drone. In the same position as we found 
the testes in the drone we shall find in the queen two 
large pear-shaped organs, called ovaries (Fig. 55, a, a). 
They are found below the second and third abdominal 
