Miss Apis’s Legs. 53 
her hind legs. As she walks about, they 
are not in her way She does not spill 
the pollen, and she can easily reach the 
baskets with her other legs when she 
wants to fill them. 
The outside of the joint is hollowed a 
little, and along the outer edge of this 
hollow space are stiff hairs that turn 
towards the middle and make a very com- 
plete little basket to hold the pollen that 
is put into it. 
Miss Apis has been kind enough to sit 
with her left hind leg under the micro- 
scope and have its picture taken, so we 
can see the pollen basket very clearly. 
The large leg at the left of Miss Apis 
is the magnified picture of the leg in the 
circle. 
If you look at her with a little hand- 
magnifying glass, you can get quite a good 
view of her pollen baskets. 
How do you suppose Miss Apis gets the 
pollen which she puts into her baskets ? 
