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    I'll be sitting Module 5 on Saturday, so I'm looking through some previous exam papers.

    One of them has this drawing of honey bee mouth parts. Does anybody know what the bulge marked F is? The PDF is too big to upload here, so here's a link to Google Drive. I thought E points to a maxillian palp - so it's probably not that.

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    Im only guessing but would they be the Glosssa, I would be interested to know what the right answer would be for all parts, thanks.
    I also found this if its any help. http://courses.biology.utah.edu/feen...cture%2010.pdf
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    Thanks Greengage, the drawing of the honey bee mouth parts in your link is interesting because it gives a good idea of the position of some of the overlapping parts.

    No - the glossa is the tongue. It's marked either L or B - who knows! L could be the salivary canal and B the glossa; or L could be the glossa and B the hair on the glossa.

    I've not seen F drawn on any drawing before, and it's not on the drawing you've linked to either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greengage View Post
    ...I would be interested to know what the right answer would be for all parts, thanks. ...
    Oh - the other parts are (and correct me if I'm wrong):

    H - mandible
    G - postmentum
    I - stipe
    J - prementum
    E - maxillian palp
    K - galea of maxilla
    C - labial palp
    D - paraglossa
    A - flabellum (or labellum)
    L and B mentioned above; and
    F - I don't know.

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    Thank you, EK! For some reason I thought the laciniae were the flattish flag part of the galea because the dictionary describes it as 'a long narrow inner lobe of an arthropod'. I now see that I actually do have a drawing showing a lacinia in my Celia Davis book. I've completely missed it. Thanks again,
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    PS - actually, on that link Greengage gave it says 'laciniae are lost', and I also read somewhere else that the maxillae are devoid of laciniae. So, do honey bees have them or not? Curious.

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    I admire your dedication folks
    Do vets still have to walk their dogs

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Drone Ranger View Post
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    Do vets still have to walk their dogs
    John, I'm lost. That sounds very cryptic to me. Actually, that's quite good. I'll just imagine a meaning, like reading the I-Ching.
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    Sorry Kitta
    It meant as a joke really
    I keep chickens I know the basic biology and their illnesses that's about it
    We had a dog I could tell he was ill and knew to watch for fleas or worms
    I have bees but apart from their basic makeup and diseases I don't know much about their internal organs
    So if someone becomes a vet they need to know everything about a dog biology but at the end of the day they still have to walk him like the rest of us


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