. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. The Life of the Individual 125 -J^mt/r Anferi'or eeu/e abdomen and also receive on the pollen combs (Fig. 64) the pollen collected by the second pair of legs. The pollen is moistened by the addition of fluid substances which come from the mouth and Casteel presents analj'^ses (by Dun- bar) showing that honey is used for this purpose. The method of loading pollen on the pollen baskets has been variously described, it usually being stated that it is put in place by the second pair of legs. This is
. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. The Life of the Individual 125 -J^mt/r Anferi'or eeu/e abdomen and also receive on the pollen combs (Fig. 64) the pollen collected by the second pair of legs. The pollen is moistened by the addition of fluid substances which come from the mouth and Casteel presents analj'^ses (by Dun- bar) showing that honey is used for this purpose. The method of loading pollen on the pollen baskets has been variously described, it usually being stated that it is put in place by the second pair of legs. This is not the usual method, however, although a little pollen is added to the mass while the bee pats down its load with the second pair of legs (Fig. 65). The loading is accomphshed by the rubbing together of the inner surfaces of the hind legs (Figs. 66 and 67). It is removed from the pollen combs by the pecten combs, is pushed upward by pressure of the auricles and is forced against the distal ends of the tibise and on into the pollen baskets from below, being pushed upward against any pol- len that may have been loaded previ- ously. The long lateral hairs of the pollen bas- kets help to re- FiG. 67. — Fl3dng bee loading the pollen baskets. tain the pollen. Fig. 66. — Inner surface of left hind 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 Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
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