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Once a bee has collected pollen, he travels down into the bottom of a flower. This is where the nectary is - the component of a plant that produces a sweet, orange substance named nectar. The bee drinks the nectar, still covered in pollen, and comes back out of the flower - again, passing the anthers which gets it covered even more in pollen. The bee then flies to another flower, passing the pollen covered anthers, and inserting the pollen into the stigma - a sticky "landing pad" for the pollen. The bee then travels to the nectary, and the cycle begins again.

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14y ago

Bees eat nectar and pollen. When they can collect a surplus of nectar they convert it into honey and store it as food for when nectar is not available.
A beekeeper who takes honey must replace it in the form of sugar syrup or the bees will starve in the winter.

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15y ago

The pollen is taken back to the hive, mixed with a little honey and fed to the larvae. Pollen is a good source of protein.

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12y ago

They eat it!

Nectar is mainly sugar, so provides the carbohydrate part of their diet. Pollen provides their protein, lipids, some vitamins and minerals.

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13y ago

eat it for the protein in it

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