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.

Bee Anatomy.

## Bee Anatomy Key by the Numbers

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* 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

## Bee Anatomy Key Alphabetically

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* 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

## References

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