Birds and the Bees, Minus the Birds

You said it was the bee’s knees and
I tuned you out, sorry.

I was googling whether bees actually have knees.

So, formally, a bee limb
is an ordered kinematic chain:

coxa,
trochanter,
femur,
tibia,
metatarsus,
and tarsus.

This aligns with typical
hexapodal articulation structures
where “knee-analog” functionality
emerges
at the primary flexion interface
between
the proximal power lever
and
the distal load-bearing element
on each limb.

To answer the question, then,
bees—

Oh, I’m so sorry.
Yes, it’s the bee’s knees.