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 



them, and ^j^^ where the pollen would 



be always spilling out, 



she ever succeeded in 



getting any in. 



But, I can tell you, you might 



look Miss Apis over from top to toe, and 



j-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 



J'" are two small ones (1 , 2) close to the body, 



which are very much alike on all the legs. 



Then comes a long joint (?) 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 



