Honeybee Mouthparts (Whole Mount)
Apis mellifera
A whole mount (W.M.) preparation of the head and chewing-lapping mouthparts of a honeybee, Apis mellifera. The slide reveals the large compound eyes flanking the head capsule, ocelli near the vertex, and the elongated, specialized labium (glossae forming the central tongue surrounded by labial palps) and maxillae modified for harvesting nectar and pollen.
- Category
- Invertebrates
- Magnification
- 20x
- Stain
- Unstained
- Tags
- Honeybee mouthpart whole mount, Mouthpart of Honeybee W.M., Apis mellifera, Honeybee, Hymenoptera, Arthropoda, Insect anatomy, Chewing-lapping mouthparts, Glossa, Labium, Maxilla, Compound eye, Invertebrate histology, Whole mount, Unstained
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