Year: 1915
Type: book
Abstract: Whether this relation obtains in the bee has so far apparently not been demonstrated.It is at least certain, however, that the egg is generally deposited with the cephalic pole directed out- ward, or toward the mouth of the cell.If, as is in all prob- ability true, this is the position in which it comes from the ovipositor of the queen, then the future caudal pole of the embryo would correspond with the caudal end of the queen, and, since in the ovary of the queen the eggs are disposed parallel to her long axis, the law of Hallez doubtless applies to the honey bee.As is known to every bee keeper, the eggs are commonly placed, one in each cell, at or near the center of its floor.The egg is attached by its smaller or caudal end by means of a minute quantity of an adhesive substance secreted by the queen, and it is thus enabled to stand at right angles to the bottom of the cell.While this is the usual manner in which the eggs are deposited, many deviations from it are frequently observed.These take the form of variations in number and in position.
Source: Univ. Press eBooks
Author: James Allen Nelson
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1483510967