. The honey-makers. Bees. were, though occasionally when needing its forefoot for support it will have but one with which to rub its tongue. Butler treats us to the following : — " Her rough and dew-clawed feet, apt to take hold at the first touch, are in number six : that she may stand fast upon four, while she useth the other two to wipe her eyes, her wings, her tongue, or any other ; Neither are the jaws neglected, but occasionally are opened and polished by their tidy owner. The top of the bee's head, the thorax above and below and the upper joints of all the legs are clothe
. The honey-makers. Bees. were, though occasionally when needing its forefoot for support it will have but one with which to rub its tongue. Butler treats us to the following : — " Her rough and dew-clawed feet, apt to take hold at the first touch, are in number six : that she may stand fast upon four, while she useth the other two to wipe her eyes, her wings, her tongue, or any other ; Neither are the jaws neglected, but occasionally are opened and polished by their tidy owner. The top of the bee's head, the thorax above and below and the upper joints of all the legs are clothed with long branched hairs for collecting pollen. These " gath- ering hairs" are admirably planned to catch and hold the pollen grains that touch them, and are found on all pollen- gathering bees. The pollen that adheres to the legs and body of the bee is a valuable part of its food, and is by it brushed together and saved. The second pair of legs is larger and longer than the first pair. These legs have no antennae cleaners, but at nearly the same place on the tibia is a long stout spur used in cleaning the wings and body as well as to push out the contents of the pollen baskets that are located on the third pair of legs. The metatarsus of this leg is covered with a coarse brush and the bee can often be seen with one of its middle legs over its back ener- getically rubbing the pollen from the branched hairs there and frequently lowering the leg so employed to rub it between the back legs and relieve it of the accumulated 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 Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858-1923. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company
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