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What is the name of the receptacle on the hind legs of bees for carrying pollen?
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∙ 14y ago
I was searching for this same answer and came across this site http://www.bumblebee.org/bodyLegs.htm
They say it is called the "pollen basket."
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The proper name for the pollen carrier is the corbicula (plural: corbiculae).
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How do bees carry pollen?
In pollen sacks on their hind legs roughly in the position of the knees on a human.
Where do bees carry pollen hind legs wings haeds or backs?
A honey bee carries pollen on its hind legs in a 'honey basket' on what would be knees on a human.
Body parts on the honey bees are used for?
1. worker bees of a certain age will secrete beeswax from a series of glands on their abdomens. 2.the flattend area on their hind legs is where the pollen basket is located.
How do bees deposit honey into hive?
When she returns from foraging, a honey bee will regurgitate droplets of nectar and pass them to the hive bees who then take them up to the storage cells on the comb and put the nectar in. Other bees will fan the nectar with their wings, and this, together with the temperature in the hive (around 35C), evaporates water from the nectar, turning it into honey. The hive bees also clean pollen off the returning forager, and take the pollen from the pollen baskets on her hind legs, and store this in other cells on the comb.
How much pollen could bees hold?
Bees have basket like features on their hind legs that they use to carry pollen. I've read that one bee can carry 40mg of pollen at a time. They fly several thousand miles to gather it all, and can visit as many as 1,500 flowers to find on load's worth. Then they have to fly it all the way home. That's probably the reason for the crazy way they fly; they're staggering because worker bees only weigh about 90mg, so they are carrying almost half their weight! In case you don't feel like reading an entire paragraph of nerdiness, I'll just be blunt here and say that one bee can hold 40mg of pollen at a time.
Receptacle on hind legs of bees?
Pollen basket
What is the receptical called on the hind legs of bumble bees used for carrying pollen?
It is called the 'pollen basket' or corbicula.
What is the Receptacle on the hind legs of honey and bumblebees?
It is called the corbicula, or 'pollen basket'.
How do bees carry pollen?
In pollen sacks on their hind legs roughly in the position of the knees on a human.
Where do bees carry pollen hind legs wings haeds or backs?
A honey bee carries pollen on its hind legs in a 'honey basket' on what would be knees on a human.
How do honey bees carry pollen?
Bees have a slightly concave area on the tibia of their hind legs surrounded by hairs. These are called corbiculae, or 'pollen baskets'. As the bee is foraging, it uses its forelegs to brush the pollen from its body back into the corbiculae where it is trapped. You can often see this -- look for (usually) yellow lumps on the bee's hind legs.
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.
Body parts on the honey bees are used for?
1. worker bees of a certain age will secrete beeswax from a series of glands on their abdomens. 2.the flattend area on their hind legs is where the pollen basket is located.
How do bees deposit honey into hive?
When she returns from foraging, a honey bee will regurgitate droplets of nectar and pass them to the hive bees who then take them up to the storage cells on the comb and put the nectar in. Other bees will fan the nectar with their wings, and this, together with the temperature in the hive (around 35C), evaporates water from the nectar, turning it into honey. The hive bees also clean pollen off the returning forager, and take the pollen from the pollen baskets on her hind legs, and store this in other cells on the comb.
How much pollen could bees hold?
Bees have basket like features on their hind legs that they use to carry pollen. I've read that one bee can carry 40mg of pollen at a time. They fly several thousand miles to gather it all, and can visit as many as 1,500 flowers to find on load's worth. Then they have to fly it all the way home. That's probably the reason for the crazy way they fly; they're staggering because worker bees only weigh about 90mg, so they are carrying almost half their weight! In case you don't feel like reading an entire paragraph of nerdiness, I'll just be blunt here and say that one bee can hold 40mg of pollen at a time.
Are bees allergic to pollen?
Young queens when they emerge from hibernation will feed on flower nectar until they have started a nest and have larvae. At this time they will be pollinators. Once there are larvae, the adult hornets feed on a form of honeydew from the larvae, so they no longer visit flowers.
What bee structure observes pollen grains?
The bee sees pollen with its eyes. It carries pollen because the pollen stick to the hind legs!
