Out of over 20,000 bee species worldwide, most of us are probably familiar with worker bees that live in hives and nests, ...
The pollen is transported to the hive via the bee's hind legs, packed into honeycombs, covered with a mixture of wax and honey, and used as a source of nutrients for bees and larvae. While bee ...
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The Swarm of People Intent on Saving Our Bees
An army of experts and citizen scientists devoted to documenting and protecting the country’s native bees is telling us a lot ...
“Photography is important because it really captures the art and beauty that we see on the daily and it allows us to freeze ...
Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary enthusiasts, native species are finally getting the buzz they deserve ...
The church was restored after an 1870 fire when workers covered the beehive cells ... in late 19th-century Panama. “The bee nests contained pollen from 48 plant species from 23 plant families ...
Older members flew out into the forest to collect pollen and nectar ... The next day, the xanthous domain of the bee was covered by a series of subsequent flows. Changes were also occurring ...
On her way to get the nectar, the bee gets covered in pollen. Then, when the bee buzzes all over the flower, she moves the pollen from the stamen to the stigma so that the flower can make seeds.