TtheSalivaryGlands(涎腺)andtheHypopharyngealGlands(咽腺)ofWorkerHoneyBees
Topleftarethesalivaryglands(涎腺)andtheotherthehypopharyngealglands(咽腺)ofworkerhoneybees.Botharelocatedinsidethehead.Salivaryglandsproducesecretationsusedtomixwithwax,whilethehypopharyngealglandsproduceasecretionrichinproteinthatisaddedtotheroyaljellyorworkerjelly(innurses),orproduceinvertase,anenzymethatbreaksdownsucroseintofructoseandglucose(inforagers).