US, ANTHOPHORA. 21 velopment of the hairs is most marked on those seg- ments of the hind legs which are most conveniently situated for the collection and transport of pollen. In Panurgus, the same change is still more marked (Fig. 25) and the pollen-bearing apparatus is confined to the tibia, and… … FIG. 25. — Left hind-leg of Panurgus FIG. 26. — Right hind-leg of Antho- banksianus. phora bimaculata. are other genera, of which the humble bees and the hive bees are the only British representatives, which moisten the pollen with honey, and thus form it into a sticky mass, which is much more easy…
Flowers -- Color · Fertilization of plants by insects · Plants -- Variation
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