GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROCESS. 



11 



supply of pollen which lodges upon the body of the bee will thus 

 differ considerably in amount, depending upon the type of flower 

 from which the bee is collecting, and the same is true regarding the 

 location upon the body of a bee of pollen grains which are available 

 for storage in the baskets. 

 Moreover, the movements 

 concerned in the collection 

 of the pollen from the va- 

 rious body parts of the 

 liee upon which it lodges 

 will differ somewhat in 

 the two cases, since a 

 widely scattered supply 

 requires for its collection 

 additional movements, 

 somewhat similar in na- 

 ture to those which the 

 bee employs in cleaning 

 the hairs which cover its 

 body. 



Tibia- 



-^nferipr 



posterior 



GENERAL STATEMENT 

 OF THE POLLEN-COL- 

 LECTING PROCESS. 



Pecien 



j4ifricle- 



Pollen CoTnbs 

 onPlanfa 



A very complete knowl- 

 edge of the pollen-gather- 

 ing behavior of the w^orker 

 honey bee may be obtained 

 by a study of the actions 

 of bees which are work- 

 ing upon a plant Avhich 

 yields pollen in abun- 

 dance. Sweet corn is an 

 ideal plant for this pur- 

 pose, and it will be used 

 as a basis for the descrip- 

 tion which follows. 



In attempting to out- 

 line the method by which 

 pollen is manipulated the 

 writer wishes it to be understood that he is recounting that which 

 he has seen and that the description is not necessarily complete, 

 although he is of the opinion that it is very nearly so. The move- 

 ments of the legs and of the mouthparts are so rapid and so many 



Fig. 4.- 



-Inner surface 

 wc'iker bee 



of the left hind 

 (Original ) 



leg of 



