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03-DEC-2009

Honey Bee in flight

Another in a series that show how honey bees pack pollen. While flying between flowers:

they use their front legs to wipe their faces and... (research in progress)
they use their middle legs to move the pollen back and onto the loads
they also move their hind legs together to further pack the loads, as seen here.


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Jean-Claude Liehn25-Oct-2010 04:15
Gluttony...
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