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ANATOMY OP THE BEE 
'From Bulletin No. IS, “The Anatomy of the Honeybee,” by Snodgrass, Dept, of Ay., Washington. D. C. 
Fig. 7.— A, reproductive organs of drone, dorsal; B, inner view of dorsal wall of penis; C, group of 
spermatozoa: 1), terminal segments of drone, lateral, showing penis (Fen) partly protruded; E, lateral 
view of penis and ejaculatory duct (EjD) ; AcGl, accessory mucous gland; B, bulb of penis; lGlsp, gClsp. 
clasping organs of ninth abdominal sternum; Pen, penis; PenB, bulb of penis; VIIS-IXS, seventh to ninth 
abdominal sterna; ss, gelatinous mass of inner wall of bulb of penis; YIIT-VIIIT, seventh and eighth 
abdominal terga; tt, dorsal plates of bulb of penis; Tes, testis; vm, fimbriated lobe at base of bulb of penis; 
vv, ladder-likei plates of penis; YDef, vas deferens; Yes, seminal vesicle; ww, dorsal and ventral plates 
in wall of penis; yy, terminal chamber of penis thru which the rest is everted; zz, copulatory pouches of 
penis. 
