ENVS 2210 Lecture Notes - Beekeeping, Malpighian Tubule System
7 Aug 2014
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Digestive tract: extends from mouthparts to anus at the tip of the abdomen anterior parts in the abdomen specialized to disgest liquids, solids the honey stomach special extensible bladder for harvesting nectar, this stomach does not digest the nectar but stores it the muscular valve that opens/closes controls when it eats food or collect nectar and goes to either ventriculus or honet stomach ventriculus (main part of the gut) digests food and links to intestine and kidneys. Circulatory system honey bees do not have veins or artieries a single pulsing tube (heart) has valves that circulate blood(haemolymph) through the thorax, the head (through dorsal aorta) blood goes the brain first and then through to the rest of the body to pick up nutrients, blood is not involved in transportation of oxygen glands are dispersed through the body they secrete to the outside (exocrine glands) and inside (endocrine glands)
