Bees are flying insects in the Order Hymenoptera. Their anatomy can be generalized to many insects. The keys to the anatomy image are below.
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Bee Anatomy.
Bee Anatomy Key by the Numbers
- 1 - Tongue
- 2 - Proboscis
- 3 - Lower Jaw - Maxillae
- 4 - Mandible
- 5 - Upper lip
- 6 - Lower Lip
- 7 - Upper Jaw Gland
- 8 - Pharynx
- 9 - Upper Throat / Gland
- 10 - Brood food gland
- 11 - Brain
- 12 - Simple Eye
- 13 - Saliva Gland
- 14 - Chest (Wing) Muscle
- 15 - Flight Braces
- 16 - Forewing
- 17 - Hindwing
- 18 - Heart Tube
- 19 - Stigmas
- 20 - Aerial Bag
- 21 - Midgut
- 22 - Heart Flaps
- 23 - Small Intestine
- 24 - Odor Gland
- 25 - Abdomen Gland
- 26 - Excrement Bubble
- 27 - Anus
- 28 - Stinger
- 29 - Stinger Sheath
- 30 - Sting Canal
- 31 - Poison Sack
- 32 - Small Gland
- 33 - Seminal Vesicle
- 34 - Wax Glands
- 35 - Belly Mark (Ganglia)
- 36 - Intestinal Valve
- 37 - Valve Funnel
- 38 - Stomach Entrance
- 39 - Honey Stomachs
- 40 - Heart Loop (Aorta)
- 41 - Esophagus
- 42 - Nerve Fibre
- 43 - Jaw
- 44 - Pollen Brush
- a - Coxa - Hip
- b - Trochanter
- c - Femur
- d - Tibia
- e - Meta Tarsus
- f - Tarsus
- g - Tarsus Joint
- h - Claws
Bee Anatomy Key Alphabetically
- Abdomen Gland - 25
- Aerial Bag - 20
- Anus - 27
- Aorta (Heart Loop) - 40
- Belly Mark (Ganglia) - 35
- Brain - 11
- Brood food gland - 10
- Chest (Wing) Muscle - 14
- Claws - h
- Coxa (Hip) – a
- Esophagus - 41
- Excrement Bubble - 26
- Femur - c
- Flight Braces - 15
- Forewing - 16
- Ganglia (Belly Mark) - 35
- Heart Flaps - 22
- Heart Loop (Aorta) - 40
- Heart Tube - 18
- Hindwing - 17
- Hip (Coxa) - a
- Honey Stomachs - 39
- Intestinal Valve - 36
- Jaw - 43
- Lower Jaw (Maxillae) – 3
- Lower Lip - 6
- Mandible - 4
- Maxillae (Lower Jaw) - 3
- Meta Tarsus - e
- Midgut - 21
- Nerve Fibre - 42
- Odor Gland - 24
- Pharynx - 8
- Poison Sack - 31
- Pollen Brush - 44
- Proboscis - 2
- Saliva Gland - 13
- Seminal Vesicle - 33
- Simple Eye - 12
- Small Gland - 32
- Small Intestine - 23
- Stigmas - 19
- Sting Canal - 30
- Stinger - 28
- Stinger Sheath - 29
- Stomach Entrance - 38
- Tarsus - f
- Tarsus Joint - g
- Tibia - e
- Tongue - 1
- Trochanter - b
- Upper Jaw Gland - 7
- Upper lip - 5
- Upper Throat / Gland - 9
- Valve Funnel - 37
- Wax Glands - 34
- Wing (Chest) Muscle - 14
References
[Wikimedia Commons Bee Anatomy Image]. The anatomy key is available in several languages at this page.
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