56 The Bee People. 
you have sharp eyes you will see her rub, 
rub, rubbing it with her legs back into her 
baskets. 
It is astonishing how much she can carry. 
When her baskets are full she goes about 
~witea—. with a ball of pollen 
attached to each of her 
»~ hind legs. 
If she goes into morn- 
 suttpoten baseet Hall is white; if she happens to 
g\ be visiting wood-lilies, it is dark reddish 
; brown; and if she has been going to see 
Ay f' the sweet-peas, it is bright yellow. She 
Mie” carries it to the hive and stores it up there 
for the young bees and for winter use, and 
my it soon assumes a uniform dark brown color. 
1 There is nothing neater than a bee. It 
disturbs her terribly to have a dirty face or 
a dusty wing, and she is forever cleaning 
herself. 
If you look along the outer edge of the 
fifth joint on her front leg, you will see her 
