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Record 1 1977-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

"Head glands" that empty into the mouth produce the chemicals that bees add to nectar.

OBS

The two pairs of salivary glands are well developed, particularly in bees. One pair is found in the head, the other in the thorax; the ducts leading from them unite to form a single canal that passes into the pharynx.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Les glandes salivaires de l'abeille sont composées de: "glandes salivaires thoraciques" et de "glandes salivaires cervicales". Un canal général qui part de l'endroit où se réunissent les glandes salivaires, conduit au travers des mandibules inférieures et aboutit à la base de la langue (...) les glandes accouplées sécrètent de la salive qui sert (...) à dissoudre le miel cristallisé, à humecter les cellules du couvain, à construire des rayons.

Spanish

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