The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen CollectingCasteel, Dana Brackenridge
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The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting
Casteel, Dana Brackenridge
Honeybee -- Behavior; Pollen
Pollen, chemical composition 26
collecting by worker bee, bibliography 33
general statement regarding it 11-13
summary of process 31-32
corn, from plant, from corbiculæ of bees, and from
hive cells, analyses to determine nature of
moistening fluid 28-29
moistening by bumblebee, views of Sladen 23-24
honey bee 22-29
storage in the hive 29-31
structures of honey bee concerned in manipulation 7-9
supply of honey bee 10-11
unloading process by worker bee 30-31
Saliva, supposed use by worker bee in moistening pollen 23, 29
Sladen, observations on process of loading pollen
baskets by worker bee 18, 20, 21
views as to pollen moistening by worker bee 23-24, 27
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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