The pollen basket or corbicula (plural corbiculae) is part of the tibia on the hind legs of the female of certain species of bees. They use the structure...
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blue Siberian squill pollen in pollen basket Honeybees in May with red (likely Horse chestnut) pollen in pollen basket Dandelion pollen Forage (honey bee)...
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Bees also developed structures known as scopal hairs and pollen baskets to collect and carry pollen. The location and type differ among and between groups...
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Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction. It consists of pollen grains (highly...
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Pollination (redirect from Pollenation)
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds. Pollinating...
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bumblebees, it is modified to form a pollen basket, a bare shiny area surrounded by a fringe of hairs used to transport pollen, whereas in cuckoo bumblebees...
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Bee pollen, also known as bee bread and ambrosia, is a ball or pellet of field-gathered flower pollen packed by worker honeybees, and used as the primary...
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Scopa (biology) (redirect from Pollen brush)
the scopa: the corbicula, or pollen basket. Various species of bees have other types of modified hairs that collect pollen, floral oils, or other chemicals...
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polish and more. Bees collect pollen in their pollen baskets and carry it back to the hive. Worker bees combine pollen, honey and glandular secretions...
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worker populations and consequently stores large quantities of honey and pollen during those periods. They are resistant to some diseases and parasites...
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the corbicula (also known as the "pollen basket"). Most bees gather nectar, a concentrated energy source, and pollen, which is high protein food, to nurture...
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Western leafcutting bee are clear, while their veins are black. The pollen basket below the abdomen is bright red. Like most bees, adult western leafcutting...
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Worker bee (section Pollen packing)
gather pollen in the pollen baskets on their back legs and carry it back to the hive where it is used as food for the developing brood. Pollen carried...
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bees in the family Apidae. It includes the familiar "corbiculate" (pollen basket) bees—bumblebees, honey bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, Africanized...
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soft hairs and a special body part for pollen storage (pollen basket) as some bees do, pollen does not stick to them well. However it has been shown that...
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black. Differing color forms exist geographically. Light-colored pollen on the pollen baskets on a honeybee's rear legs can be visible. Domesticated bees have...
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collected for use in products like candles and seals. Bees collect pollen in a pollen basket and carry it back to the hive where, after undergoing fermentation...
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great accuracy, to repel predators. Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred in the reproduction of plants, thereby enabling fertilisation...
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Hive management (section For pollen production)
In the process of climbing through the pollen trap wires some pollen is loosened from the bee's pollen basket and falls into a collection container. Varying...
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nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus. Bee gathering pollen (orange pollen basket on its leg) Hummingbird visiting a flower for nectar Seed dispersal...
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lapping or sucking mouthparts to take in nectar, and in some species also pollen baskets on their hind legs. This required the coevolution of insects and flowering...
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from New World oil-collecting bees: Implications for the origin of pollen baskets". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 80: 88–94. Bibcode:2014MolPE...
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particular crop's pollination needs, and by knowledgeable management of pollenizers, pollinators, and pollination conditions. While people think first of...
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Bombus sylvestris (section Pollen collection)
sylvestris cuckoo female bee cannot collect pollen for her nest because it lacks corbicula, which are pollen baskets found on bumblebees on the hind legs. However...
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early 1980s and is currently distributed worldwide. It is found also in pollen baskets and commercially reared bumblebees. Its main vector in A. mellifera...
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to be wider and fatter with a pollen basket often visible. Drones have thinner hind legs that do not have pollen baskets. Another clue to sexual identity...
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membranous wings are dark-coloured and translucent and the female has pollen baskets on her hind legs. The male has an enlarged joint on his hind leg where...
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The bumblebee pushes the grains of pollen towards its hind legs, where the pollen is pushed into the pollen basket. At the nest, the contents of the nectar...
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Zealand genus Zorion are known to feed on pollen and have a specialized structure similar to that of pollen baskets found in bees. Species in this genus are...
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its thorax, below its wings (which are blackish) and on its legs. The pollen basket of the species is located under its abdomen. As often found with most...
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