Bee Anatomy

Bees are flying insects in the Order Hymenoptera. Their anatomy can be generalized to many insects. The keys to the anatomy image are below.

• 1 - Tongue
• 2 - Proboscis
• 3 - Lower Jaw - Maxillae
• 4 - Mandible
• 5 - Upper lip
• 6 - Lower Lip
• 7 - Upper Jaw Gland
• 8 - Pharynx
• 9 - Upper Throat / Gland
• 10 - Brood food gland
• 11 - Brain
• 12 - Simple Eye
• 13 - Saliva Gland
• 14 - Chest (Wing) Muscle
• 15 - Flight Braces
• 16 - Forewing
• 17 - Hindwing
• 18 - Heart Tube
• 19 - Stigmas
• 20 - Aerial Bag
• 21 - Midgut
• 22 - Heart Flaps
• 23 - Small Intestine
• 24 - Odor Gland
• 25 - Abdomen Gland
• 26 - Excrement Bubble
• 27 - Anus
• 28 - Stinger
• 29 - Stinger Sheath
• 30 - Sting Canal
• 31 - Poison Sack
• 32 - Small Gland
• 33 - Seminal Vesicle
• 34 - Wax Glands
• 35 - Belly Mark (Ganglia)
• 36 - Intestinal Valve
• 37 - Valve Funnel
• 38 - Stomach Entrance
• 39 - Honey Stomachs
• 40 - Heart Loop (Aorta)
• 41 - Esophagus
• 42 - Nerve Fibre
• 43 - Jaw
• 44 - Pollen Brush
• a - Coxa - Hip
• b - Trochanter
• c - Femur
• d - Tibia
• e - Meta Tarsus
• f - Tarsus
• g - Tarsus Joint
• h - Claws

• Abdomen Gland - 25
• Aerial Bag - 20
• Anus - 27
• Aorta (Heart Loop) - 40
• Belly Mark (Ganglia) - 35
• Brain - 11
• Brood food gland - 10
• Chest (Wing) Muscle - 14
• Claws - h
• Coxa (Hip) – a
• Esophagus - 41
• Excrement Bubble - 26
• Femur - c
• Flight Braces - 15
• Forewing - 16
• Ganglia (Belly Mark) - 35
• Heart Flaps - 22
• Heart Loop (Aorta) - 40
• Heart Tube - 18
• Hindwing - 17
• Hip (Coxa) - a
• Honey Stomachs - 39
• Intestinal Valve - 36
• Jaw - 43
• Lower Jaw (Maxillae) – 3
• Lower Lip - 6
• Mandible - 4
• Maxillae (Lower Jaw) - 3
• Meta Tarsus - e
• Midgut - 21
• Nerve Fibre - 42
• Odor Gland - 24
• Pharynx - 8
• Poison Sack - 31
• Pollen Brush - 44
• Proboscis - 2
• Saliva Gland - 13
• Seminal Vesicle - 33
• Simple Eye - 12
• Small Gland - 32
• Small Intestine - 23
• Stigmas - 19
• Sting Canal - 30
• Stinger - 28
• Stinger Sheath - 29
• Stomach Entrance - 38
• Tarsus - f
• Tarsus Joint - g
• Tibia - e
• Tongue - 1
• Trochanter - b
• Upper Jaw Gland - 7
• Upper lip - 5
• Upper Throat / Gland - 9
• Valve Funnel - 37
• Wax Glands - 34
• Wing (Chest) Muscle - 14

[Wikimedia Commons Bee Anatomy Image]. The anatomy key is available in several languages at this page.