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Yes, bees eats pollen.
Specifically, the insect in question (Apis spp) collects pollen, nectar and water. The water may be added to dilute honey fed to larvae in the home hive. The nectar and pollen may be mixed to form extra protein-rich bee bread.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 14y agoNone do. Nectar from inside flowers are bees' food. The pollen just brushes off onto them, and is transfered to another flower with the help of a bee. That's how flowering plants reproduce.
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Actually, bees do collect pollen for food as well as nectar. The adult bees eat it themselves, but most of it is fed to their larvae. Pollen is a rich source of protein and fats, and balances the nectar which is a source of carbohydrates.
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∙ 15y agoNo, bees do not make pollen. They make honey by transferring nector into their mouth and back to their bee hives.
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∙ 14y agoBees collect both pollen and nectar for food. They also collect water and a resinous substance called propolis.
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∙ 11y agoYes, they do. They use both for food.
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What is the order on which a bee collects pollen?
to make honey bees are collect pollen
Why are butterflys important?
they r important because they give pollen to flowers for bees to make honey
Does pollen make bees stripes yellow?
No. That is in their DNA
How honey bees make honey?
Form pollen
How does a bee get its food?
Bees eat nectar and pollen that they collect off of the flowers. Honey bees will even eat the honey that they make from the pollen that they collect.
Do bees make honey using pollen?
No, they use nectar.
Why do bees take flowers pollen?
Bees take pollen to make honey.
What do honeybees collect?
If you might have noticed a recent answer, which was pollen, that answer is wrong. Bees collect nectar, which they turn into honey. pollen sticks to their legs and falls onto other flowers. this is called pollination.
What are bees attracted to on a plant?
Pollen because they use it to make honey.
Can honey bees die from certain flower pollen?
no because honey bees pollen
Bees do what?
they collect pollen from flowers and take it to there hive to make honey
Do bees make honey out of their mouths?
No. Honey is made in a honeycomb, out of pollen that bees bring back to the hive on their legs.
