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and body, and this pollen must be transferred to the baskets 

 and securely packed before returning to the hive. This is 

 done either while resting on the flower or on the wing. The 

 action of the pollen brushes on the legs is as follows: (1) 

 those of the first pair of legs remove pollen grains from the 



---femur 



Cor&icu/a 



FIG. 64. Flying bee, showing movements of 

 legs in pollen collecting. Enlarged. 



FIG. 63. Outer surface 

 of the left hind leg of 

 a worker. 



FIG. 65. Flying bee patting pollen on 

 the pollen baskets. Enlarged. 



head and the region of the neck, and also take the moistened 

 pollen from the mouth-parts (Fig. 64), (2) those of the second 

 pair remove pollen from the thorax, especially from the 

 ventral portion, and also receive the pollen collected by the 

 front legs, (3) the third pair of legs collect pollen from the 



