Microscopy

[Moeuk]

Hi Guy's

Ihad to knock up a couple of slides for an exam which I was taking, and thought you might like a peep.
The first one isa head of a drone
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn206/Bcrazy_2008/Headache2.jpg


This one is of the foot of a worker
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn206/Bcrazy_2008/Headphones.jpg


Lastly the Hypopharyngeal glands
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn206/Bcrazy_2008/Hypopglands-1.jpg

If you have any questions feel free to fire away.

Moe.

[Hobie]

Is the item on the foot pollen from something like milkweed? I have read it looks somewhat like that, and wraps around the bees' legs like a bolo. No idea if the scale is correct. Looks too small by my guess.

Here's a photo of the pollinia wraped on the legs of another insect:
http://insects.tamu.edu/images/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/hymenoptera/scoliidae/campsomeris_tolteca_adult_dorsal_m_01.jpg