Do bees carry Propolis on their hind legs?

[CentralPAguy]

Earlier today, I noticed a bee on the top of my hive that seemed to have cinnamon brown glossy dots on the back of her hind legs, sort of like where the pollen would go.

I wasn't sure what it was, but when I looked at the Propolis on my inner hive cover, it was the same color. But then I am not exactly sure what Varroa Mites look like on my bees either. If it was Varroa, then I would find it hard to understand that the Varroa mites were in the exact same location on both of her hind legs.

If this was Propolis, is this where the Bees carry it in order to propolize everything. This has been the only bee that I ever saw that had this on its hind legs. If so, did they collect it from other bees in the nest?

I don't have a picture. Any thoughts. Thanks.

[RayMarler]

Yes, I've seen bees having propolis in their hind leg pollen baskets before. I guess it's the girls purse, never know what you'll bee finding in there!

[beyondthesidewalks]

I left a super out for the girls to clean up and watched a few of them collecting propolis and store it on their legs. Yes it happens. I've have seen it myself.

[Michael Bush]

Here are some pictures of them gathering propolis from old equipment and from my gloves when dipping boxes in beeswax/rosin mixture:

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesmisc.htm#propolis
http://www.bushfarms.com/images/GatheringPropolis.jpg
http://www.bushfarms.com/images/GatheringPropolis2.jpg
http://www.bushfarms.com/images/RosinWaxAsPropolis.jpg