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and body, and this pollen must be transferred to the baskets 
and securely packed before returning to the hive. This is 
done either while resting on the flower or on the wing. The 
action of the pollen brushes on the legs is as follows: (1) 
those of the first pair of legs remove pollen grains from the 
Fig. 63. — Outer surface 
of the left hind leg of 
a worker. 
Fig. 64. — Flying bee, showing movements of 
legs in pollen collecting. Enlarged. 
Fig. 65. — Flying bee patting pollen on 
the pollen baskets. Enlarged. 
head and the region of the neck, and also take the moistened 
pollen from the mouth-parts (Fig. 64), (2) those of the second 
pair remove pollen from the thorax, especially from the 
ventral portion, and also receive the pollen collected by the 
front legs, (3) the third pair of legs collect pollen from the 
