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When a bee is foraging from flowers, it gets pollen on its body. It uses its front legs to brush the pollen down to special flattened areas on the lower part of its hind legs where it becomes trapped in hairs. The bee then takes this pollen back to the hive where it is fed to the larvae. Pollen is a rich protein source.
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What do bees carry their pollens on?
A bee usually carries the pollen on it's legs. Some of the pollen also gets stuck on the body.
When a bee lands on a flower some pollen gets stuck to its legs why is this useful to the plant?
The bee sucks the pollen from the flower, and flowers can make too much pollen so it can die. The bee also transfers pollen to other plants, which allows the plants to seed and spread.
What happens during pollination for flowers?
A bee is attracted to a flower from color, sweet nectar, etc... As the bee sucks up the nectar, pollen from the anther(s) gets stuck on the bee's body fur. When the bee moves on to the next flower, some pollen that was stuck to the bee from previous flowers falls off onto the stigma of the new flower.
What does a bee worker do at a flower?
gets pollen
What are the symbiotic relationships between bumble beeflower?
the relationship is mutualism, just so you know. :D the bee uses the pollen to create honey, which it can't live without, and the flower relies on the bee to pollinate it to keep the species alive. ex. when the bee gets the pollen stuck to it's legs, it flies to another flower and the flower creates seeds.
What happens when a bee lands a flower?
It collects the nectar and pollen (pollinating the flower).
What are the nutritional qualities in bee pollen?
Bee pollen is protein.
What does the bee say when he gets stuck on the tennis ball in the bee movie?
He says help me in slo motion
How does a flower help a pollinator?
everytime a bee or butterfly gets on a flower it collects pollen so when they fly around the pollen falls off.
How does a insect help pollinate a flower?
Insects visit flowers in search of necter and as these collect necter, the pollen grains get stuck to their legs and on visiting another flower these pollen grains are transferred to the stigma of that flower. Thus, pollination is achieved.
How does bees spread pollen?
A bee has concave depressions on the tibia of her hind pair of legs surrounded by hairs. These are called corbiculae or 'pollen baskets'. When pollen gets on to the bee's body she brushes it back using her fore legs into the corbucilae. You can often see this when a bee is in flight or standing on a flower. Look for a yellow 'lump' on the back legs.
Why does pollen stick to the legs of an insect?
most insects have small hairs on their legs and when they are around pollen, when they fly or walk on flowers it gets stuck.
