Honeybee, (Apis mellifera), gathers nectar in fields and orchards. Introduced from Eurasia. Stings but not aggressive; if stung remove stinger immediately. Their legs are used for cleaning the antennae; hind legs have pollen baskets, and pollen scrapers, and so on. The pollen basket or 'corbicular' is part of the hind tibia of the back. (posterior). legs of the honeybee. Pollen is removed from the pollen combs by a row of stiff hairs at the end of the tibia and then is pushed upward into the pollen baskets by means of the projection which is just below the tibial comb at the basal tarsal segment. Honey and or nectar is used to moisten the dry pollen.