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| Description | When the workers go out into the fields for pollen to feed the babies, they carry along "market baskets". These baskets, as you see in this picture, are on the outside of each pair of hind legs. Both body and legs are covered with hairs which collect the pollen. The bees scrape the pollen off one leg with the other and put it into the basket. You have noticed the flies have the same habit. Bees do most of their collecting within two miles of the hive. The pollen is first rolled into a ball before it is dropped into the basket. The baskets are arched over with hairs to protect these little balls from falling out. Sometimes the bees roll in the flower so as to get themselves all covered with pollen—just as you have seen horses roll, or a bird flutter dust over himself. |
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| Source | The New Student's Reference Work |
| Author | Unknown author |
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The author died in 1936, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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