你说的提着黄色的小水桶的蜜蜂长这样吗？ 远远看过去，蜜蜂就像提着黄色的小桶到处采蜜。 实际上这也确实是蜜蜂的桶，也叫篮子，专业上称之为花粉篮（pollen basket），是蜜蜂（主要是工蜂）后腿上的一种特殊结构，用于携带花粉。 在蜂巢内，工蜂会将收集 ...

When scientists want to know where a honeybee has traveled, they usually just look in its pollen basket. That's the dense region of sticky hairs on their legs where bees shove pollen grains, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper reviews the origin, nature, systematic distribution, and the respective function of the highly variable and diverse thread-forming ...

ON February 11, a mild and sunny day, my bees were working busily on Eranthis hiemalis, the winter aconite, and by watching them I was able to verify my opinion, published in The British Bee journal ...

Think your airline's bag fees are burdensome? Try flying after swallowing part of your luggage and strapping the rest to your legs. That's how bees do it. And depending on how a bumblebee loads ...

Bumblebees spend an average of 7.5 hours a day collecting and transporting nectar and pollen from flower patches back to their hives. They might make up to 15 round trips a day. But when flying with a ...

Everyone knows honeybees collect nectar and pollen as essential food sources for the hive, but have you ever taken note of the color of the pollen? Around Easter time, it may be pink. Female bees ...

A few days ago, I was walking home and passed by a bush of white flowers in full bloom. They looked pretty spectacular lit by the afternoon sun. On taking a closer look, I realized that what I thought ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Scientists have identified how a single gene in honey bees separates the queens from the workers. A team of scientists from Michigan State University and Wayne State University ...

DETROIT — A research team led by Wayne State University, in collaboration with Michigan State University, has identified a single gene in honeybees that separates the queens from the workers. The ...