. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROCESS. 11 supply of pollen which lodges upon the body of the bee will thus differ considerably in amount, depending upon the type of flower from which the bee is collecting, and the same is true regarding the location upon the body of a bee of pollen grains which are available for storage in the baskets. Moreover, the movements concerned in the collection of the pollen from the va- rious body parts of the liee upon which it lodges will differ somewhat in the two cases, since a widely scatte
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROCESS. 11 supply of pollen which lodges upon the body of the bee will thus differ considerably in amount, depending upon the type of flower from which the bee is collecting, and the same is true regarding the location upon the body of a bee of pollen grains which are available for storage in the baskets. Moreover, the movements concerned in the collection of the pollen from the va- rious body parts of the liee upon which it lodges will differ somewhat in the two cases, since a widely scattered supply requires for its collection additional movements, somewhat similar in na- ture to those which the bee employs in cleaning the hairs which cover its body. Tibia- -^nferipr posterior GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE POLLEN-COL- LECTING PROCESS. Pecien j4ifricle- Pollen CoTnbs onPlanfa A very complete knowl- edge of the pollen-gather- ing behavior of the w^orker honey bee may be obtained by a study of the actions of bees which are work- ing upon a plant Avhich yields pollen in abun- dance. Sweet corn is an ideal plant for this pur- pose, and it will be used as a basis for the descrip- tion which follows. In attempting to out- line the method by which pollen is manipulated the writer wishes it to be understood that he is recounting that which he has seen and that the description is not necessarily complete, although he is of the opinion that it is very nearly so. The move- ments of the legs and of the mouthparts are so rapid and so many. Fig. -Inner surface wc'iker bee of the left hind (Original ) leg of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Entomology. Washington : G. P. O.
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