... compartment or box, spaced at 13 /8 or 11 /2 inch between septa. The space between the surfaces of the combs in the brood area—that occupied by eggs, larvae and pupae—is sufficient for two bees ... normal distribution of brood and honey in a comb is shown in the lower picture on page 52. Honey is always at the top of the comb and, if the brood area is small and honey plentiful, it may extend ... alimentary canal, the wax glands, the heart, the sting and its accessory glands in the worker and the queen, and the organs of reproduction in both sexes. The hard plates, and the soft membranous...