How Do Bees Get Pollen From Flowers?

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How do bees get pollen from flowers? We will take a look at pollen gathering in bees and how these amazing creatures collect, store and ferment pollen to make food for the hive.

Pollen is collected and taken back to the hive, where it is either stored or turned into food for the bees to eat. 

1.Why Do Bees Collect Pollen?

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The thorax and a little of the head are covered in hairs that are branched or plumose. As the bee rummages around in flowers, it becomes covered in pollen that sticks to these plumose hairs.

2. How Do Bees Get Pollen From Flowers?

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I remember once watching carpenter bees foraging on Keurboom trees. This tree is a beautiful leguminous species, and carpenter bees are able to force the flowers open and access the pollen. 

3.Where Else Can Bees Collect Pollen?

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A significant percentage of the nutrients in your body are derived from plants pollinated by bees. And most of these are the tastiest things you eat. 

4. The Important By-product Of Bees Collecting Pollen

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Where Do Bees Store Pollen?

When a bee returns from the field with a heavy pollen load, she will do one of two things. 

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ADVICE

The majority of the bees kept in North America are not adapted to deal with the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida. These beetles can lay eggs in pollen stores, and this can lead to outbreaks of beetles.

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