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Why do smaller bees attack and chase bumblebees that are collecting pollen?
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∙ 13y ago
A difference in appearance, behavior and distribution ranges and an inability to sound-dislodge pollen through buzz pollination account for smaller bees attacking and chasing bumbleebees that are collecting pollen. Bumblebees (Bombus spp) count among North America's native wildlife and exhibit bigger, bristlier appearances, gentler behaviors, and less organized, lower-lying nests than such naturalized bees as the non-native honeybee. They forage for what keeps the nest fed and healthy whereas such aggressive, diminutive, territorial non-native as honeybees tend to factor huge storage requirements into the nectar and pollen that they take.
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Do male or female collect pollen?
Females, males are only meant to mate with the queen.
Suggest one use of a stigma to a flowering plant?
A Stigma can help in collecting/catching the pollen (sperm) of another plant, and holds the eggs to be fertilized by the pollen.
How do leeches take care of their young?
The mother carries their hatchlings stuck under it's abdomen and provides them food.
What is the process in which pollen from one plant is used?
Pollen that is received from another plant is called pollination. Pollination occurs when insects and animals gather pollen on their bodies and will disperse it while moving around other plants.
What is the most recent species from which two different species have evolved?
Many plants coevolve with a pollinator. Bumblebees and the flowers they pollinate have coevolved so that both have become dependent on each other for survival. Some flowers have coevolved with hummingbirds that pick up pollen when they fly inside the blossom to get nectar.
What is a bumblebees diet?
Nectar and pollen, same as a honey bee.
Why do plants rely on bumblebees?
because they have pollen and flowers need pollen and pollination, germination and respiration its a part of their life
What is the Receptacle on the hind legs of honey and bumblebees?
It is called the corbicula, or 'pollen basket'.
How do bumble bees make honey?
Bumblebees eat nectar and pollen made by flowers. The sugary nectar provides the bees with energy while the pollen provides them with protein, according to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust. They make honey by chewing the pollen and mixing it with their saliva, according to Animal Diversity Web (ADW).
How insects help in pollination?
they bring pollen from plant to plant when they are collecting pollen
What are pollen bags called?
pollen bags are for collecting pollen from one plant and tranfering to another plant in order to breed.
Which insects pollinate poppies?
Bees or butterflies pollinate them. They taking the nectar from the plant an the pollen sticks on them when they hover over the stigma the pollen falls down it (the style) and that is pollination.
Do male or female collect pollen?
Females, males are only meant to mate with the queen.
How do bees put the pollen into the pollen sacs?
When bees are collecting pollen, the grains stick to specialized hairs around the knee joint of their hind legs, forming sacs. After an hour of collecting a build up of pollen grains, usually yellowish in color, is quite visible on the hind legs. The fuzzy hairs, stickiness of the pollen and electrostatic electricity contribute to the build up of these sacs.
Where do Arctic Bumblebees-live?
In the arctic circle. If their name wasn't much of a clue. They build heavily insulated nests on the grass, which are made of wax and pollen.
What is the diet of a carpenter bee?
Carpenter bees are quite large and may even be mistaken for bumblebees. The carpenters tend to have a diet consisting of pollen and nectar.
What are honey bees activities from morning until night?
Collecting nectar and pollen.
