Smithsonian Report. 1961. — Hamblcton 



Plate 1 



1. The worker honey bee. Gathering pollen to feed the brood is facilitated by the many 

 finely branched hairs which cov^er her body. The same hairs serve as a brush to transfer 

 pollen from flower to flower. 



2. The apiarist examines a frame of comb taken from the center of the brood nest. It 

 contains brood in \arious stages of development, honey, pollen, and adhering bees. 



