IN FIELD AND HIVE WITH THE BUSY HONEYBEE 



A BUMBLEBEE TAPS THE HONEYSUCKLE AND WISE HONEYBEES FOLLOW BEHIND 



Nectar is buried so deeply in many flowers that bees cannot insert their tongues to obtain it. 

 Bumblebees cut holes in the lower part of the corolla with their sharp jaws and take out some nectar. 

 The honeybee, with smooth jaws that cannot cut flower tissue, revisits the spot and obtains a sweet load. 



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BRILLIANT PORTULACA BLOSSOMS YIELD AN ABUNDANCE OF CONVENIENT POLLEN 

 The bee literally rolls in the yellow dust of the flower, coating its hairy body. Then, hovering over 

 the blossom, it combs the pollen off and packs it securely in baskets on the rear legs. Usually a bee 

 obtains only one kind on a trip, so many workers entering the hive bear differently colored loads. 



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