58 The Bee People. 
dusting every part of her body with these 
brushes. 
Over her head she passes the brushes on 
her fore legs, over her back and under her 
body she passes the brushes on her middle 
legs. 
Then she rubs her legs together to collect 
the pollen on the combs of the hind legs. 
Since she gathers the flour for her bread 
on the hair of her body, she is obliged to 
keep herself very, very clean, so all the 
leg brushes are also toilet brushes, and are 
used to keep her clean as well as to gather 
pollen. 
The most remarkable of her toilet articles 
are her antenna cleaners, but their story 
comes later. 
It is much easier to watch Miss Apis per- 
forming her toilet than it is to distinguish 
her various combs and brushes. If you wet 
her a little, then dust her lightly with flour 
and put her on the window, you can see 
the whole operation. 
