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The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting · Dana Brackenridge Casteel — chapter 9 of 9 · ~155 words · public domain

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Spur of middle tibia of worker bee, figure 9

Storing pollen in the hive 29-31

Structures of honey bee concerned in manipulation of pollen 7-9

"Sweat glands" of Wolff within hind tibia and planta of worker bee, supposed function 24

Tibia of hind leg of worker bee, modifications and structures for pollen collecting 9

Tibiæ of worker bee, figures 8, 9, 10, 11

Tongue of worker bee, action and role in pollen collecting 8, 13

Trochanters of worker bee, figures 8, 9

Wax shears or pinchers, so-called, use in loading pollen by worker bee 7

Wolff on pollen moistening by worker bee 24

Zander, Fleischmann and. (See Fleischmann and Zander.)

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Transcriber's Notes

Although the text uses "middle leg", the term "middle-leg" is always used as an adjective modifying "brush(es)" and was therefore retained. Bienen Zeitung, Bienenzeitung; and Bienen-Zeitung were all retained. All small captioned text was converted to Mixed Case.

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