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Collecting pollen

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Collecting pollen

While gathering nectar, honeybees also collect pollen, which sticks to their leg hairs. This bee has pollen-laden ‘baskets’ on its legs.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 6 June 2006

by Glenn Jeffrey

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Allan Gillingham, Beekeeping – Bee activities and communication, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15745/collecting-pollen (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.