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Under a magnification of 178X, this scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicted the ball and socket joint at the base of a Western honeybee’s, Apis mellifera, right sensory antenna. Bees and ants possess what is termed a geniculate type of antenna, which means that its morphologic appearance resembles a bent angle or joint. The first antennal segment is termed the scape, and the second segment is called the pedicel. The remaining antennal segments are together collectively known as the flagellum. As one of the insect’s primary sensory structures, the antennae act to provide information back to the bee’s brain based upon stimuli they receive from the organism’s environment, which includes chemical cues, including pheromones and floral scents, thermal changes, and changes in wind speed, and even fluctuation in environmental humidity, and sound waves.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Janice Haney Carr; Connie Flowers; and Pamela Munn of the International Bee Research Association, IBRA
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Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr
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