This bumble bee is made to attract pollen
Jun 14, 2022 19:42:13 #
I wonder how this bumble bee unloads all the pollen when it returns to the hive?
Jun 15, 2022 20:30:31 #
Jun 16, 2022 14:06:33 #
josquin1 wrote:
maybe they have little brushes to scrape it off.
Exactly! They brush it with the combs on their forelegs and compact it in the 'pollen baskets' on the rear legs. In the hive they remove the compact ball of pollen.
Jun 16, 2022 15:01:39 #
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Jun 26, 2022 07:02:41 #
gmontjr2350
Loc: Southern NJ
Muddyvalley wrote:
Exactly! They brush it with the combs on their forelegs and compact it in the 'pollen baskets' on the rear legs. In the hive they remove the compact ball of pollen.
George
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