The busy bees in this band are carrying home the pollen they have gathered on their legs. A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its tibiae (mid-segments of its legs). The phrase "the bee's knees", meaning "the height of excellence", became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s. |
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