OK, so there were two things I got curious about regarding my last bee posting. One, the phrase "the bee's knees," and two, what these light yellow colored blobs around the bee were...both my questions were answered in one fell swoop by the following piece of information: "A bee's "corbiculae,"
or pollen-baskets are located on its tibiae (midsegments of his legs). The phrase 'the bee's knees' meaning 'the height of excellence,' became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s." So, if the blobs are his pollen-baskets, he looks like he has pollen aplenty. He'll make some queen bee very happy.http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifbeesknees.shtml
