Bee Basics - USDA Forest Service - US Department of Agriculture

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Bee Anatomy orMorphologyLike all insects, bee bodies arecomprised of a head, thorax, andabdomen. They also have six legs andtwo pairs of wings.The head features:• two antennae that are used totouch and “smell”;• two compound eyes and threesimple eyes;• mandibles or jaws used forbiting, working wax and pollen“loaves,” and digging.The thorax features:• two pairs of membranous wings,linked in flight by minute hooks;• three pair of legs.The abdomen features:• six segments in females, sevensegments in males;• internal wax glands (only inhoney bees and bumble bees);• a stinger (modified ovipositor)at the tip (females only);• branched hairs (plumose)SOMEWHERE on the body.Some females have pollen transportstructures, called scopae, made of stiffhairs located on the hind legs or underthe abdomen. Bees frequently brushthemselves, gathering pollen grainsfrom their body’s feathery hairs andtransferring the pollen grains to theirtransport structure.4
5A male digger bee (Anthophoracentriformis) with major bodyparts labeled. Inset shows pollengrains caught in the branched hairsthat distinguish bees from wasps.
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