Showing posts with label Insects and Bugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Insects and Bugs. Show all posts

Monday, February 4, 2013

Butterfly and Roses



"The tulip and the butterfly
Appear in gayer coats than I:
Let me be dressed fine as I will,
Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still."
~Isaac Watts



Sunday, August 5, 2012

Bee Floral Label Frames




"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb,
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."
~ Proverbs 16:24

Free Bee Floral Label Clip Art Honey 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Busy as a Bee Clip Art


















Leaf-cutting bees.





24. Anthophora pilipes, male. 25. Anthophora pilipes, female. 26. Melecta armata, female. 27. Anthidium manicatum, female. 28. Osmia bicolor, female. 29. Bombus terrestris, female. 30. Bombus lapidarius. female. 31. Psithyrus rupestris, female.





QUEEN
    QUEEN.
WORKER
WORKER.
DRONE
DRONE.    


Every prosperous swarm, or family of bees, must contain one queen,
several thousand workers, and, part of the year, a few hundred drones.




"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb,

sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."

~ Proverbs 16:24




Three kinds of cells.



a Head. a1 Antennæ. a2 Ocelli. a3 Compound eyes.
b1 Prothorax. b2 Scutum of Mesothorax. b3 Scutellum of Mesothorax. b4 Post-Scutellum of Metathorax. b5Propodeum.
c1 c2, etc., Segments of Abdomen.
Legs. d1 Coxa. d2 Trochanter. d3 Femur. d4 Tibia. d5 Tarsi. d6 Calcaria or Spurs. d7 Unguiculi or claws. d8Pulvillus.
e Front wing. 1 Costal nervure. 2 Post Costal nervure. 3 Median nervure. 4 Posterior nervure. 5 Basal nervure. 6 Cubital nervure. 10 1st Recurrent nervure. 11 2nd Recurrent nervure.
f. Hind wing. 7 Anterior nervure. 8 Median nervure. 9 Posterior nervure.
Cells. A Marginal. B Upper basal. C Lower basal. D 1st Submarginal. E 2nd Submarginal. F 3rd Submarginal. G1st Discoidal. H 2nd Discoidal. I 3rd Discoidal. J 1st Apical. K 2nd Apical.




The above are a very accurate representations of the Queen, the Worker and the Drone. 


Under Side of Worker, carrying Wax Scales.






“I don’t feel very much like Pooh today," said Pooh.

"There there," said Piglet. "I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.” 

~ A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh




Hive bee (Apis mellafica). a, Worker; b, queen; c, drone.



Honeycomb, Metamorphoses of the Honey Bee.






So work the Honey Bees.Creatures that by a rule in Nature, teachThe art of order to a peopled kingdom.—Shakespeare






You may also be interested in the BEE UNIT STUDY I have prepared on my sister site…


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