52 The Bee People. 
Probably you would put them on her 
head, where she could not see because of 
them, and where she could not reach 
the, and seem Where the pollen would 
= i @x__ be always spilling out, 
HAW if she ever succeeded in 
{getting any in. 
aN ont Polen se But, | can tell you, you might 
2B) |ook Miss Apis over from top to toe, and 
HF} you would not find another place as good 
as her hind legs for disposing of pollen 
baskets. 
Each of her legs has ten joints. There 
'©are two small ones (1, 2) close to the body, 
which are very much alike on all the legs. 
Then comes a long joint (3) which is quite 
similar in all six legs; then comes a second 
long joint (4) which is very curious. 
The fifth joint is also interesting. 6, 7, 
8, 9, are the small joints forming the foot, 
and 10 is the last joint of all, or the claw. 
Miss Apis carries her pollen baskets on 
the outside of the fourth joint of each of 
