Honey Bee Morphology (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Honey Bee Morphology

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The morphological characteristics of the three castes of honeybee reflect their different roles. The antennae of the male drone (bottom right) are larger than those of female workers (bottom left) and queens (top) due to their specialized role in detecting a queen that is ready to mate.

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Image provided by Kevin Wanner, Axel Brockman and Edwin Hadley, U. of I.

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