New observations on the natural history of beesHuber, François
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New observations on the natural history of bees
Huber, François
Bees
difficult to judge of its diameter, for the membranes, of which it
consists, are evidently in folds. To one side of this pipe is
attached a fleshy part, p. somewhat pallet shaped, one side is
concave, and the edges plaited; the other side is convex. In certain
places the plaits rise and project from the rest of the outline, and
form a kind of rays; the pallet appears prettily figured. Though
lying with the concave side applied to the lentil, it is not fixed
to it. Swammerdam seems to consider this pallet as the
characteristic part of the male.
'Though the parts we have described are the most conspicuous in the
male, they are neither those which protrude first, nor when
protruded are the most remarkable. On viewing from the opposite edge
of the lentil, forming the division of the two great scaly plates, a
sac or canal, k. proceeding from the posterior part of the lentil,
there is distinctly visible the body u, which we call the arc; where
there are five transverse hairy bands of a yellow colour, while the
rest is white. This arc seems out of the membranaceous canal because
it is covered only by a very transparent membrane. One end almost
reaches the lenticular body, and the other terminates where the
membranaceous canal joins the folded yellow membranes, m. which form
a species of sac, that is applied to the sides of the aperture,
adapted for the genital organs passing through. These reddish
membranes are those that appear first on pressure, and form this
elongated portion, at whose end is a kind of hairy mask. Finally,
with the sac formed by the reddish membranes, there are connected
two appendages, c. c. of reddish yellow, and red at the end, s.
These are what appear externally like horns.{P}'
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