54 The Bee People. 
If you look at her body and at the upper 
part of all her six legs, you will find them 
covered with long hairs. If you look at 
the hairs under a magnifying glass you will 
find them branched, as you see in the 
picture. 
When Miss Apts wants pollen she scrapes 
it from the anther cells with her claws, and 
Ygathers it together with her legs. 
pollen grains touch the branched 
% hairs they cling fast to them. 
ge. pollen with her feet, and collecting 
“S” it on her branched hairs. Then she 
carefully brushes it together, and by 
means of her legs transfers it to her pollen 
baskets. 
For you must know she has a num- 
ber of brushes on her legs to help her 
to gather up the pollen. 
