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Copyright © 2009
Tracy Palmer Villalobos
Bee -
Apis mellifera
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Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
April 11, 2009
Don't know exactly what that is on its hind leg.
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Contributed by
Tracy Palmer Villalobos
on 11 April, 2009 - 9:29pm
Last updated 8 November, 2021 - 8:24am
Pollen bags are on the legs.
These are white because the bees from that hive on that day are all out gathering pollen from the same kind of white flowers. (If you ever get a chance to hear a talk on pollination, I think you'd enjoy it.)
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Ron Hemberger
, 11 April, 2009 - 9:42pm
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Thanks Ron!
This is very interesting. I have always seen yellow bags and they always looked grainy, these bags almost looked waxy. I do have a whole bunch of those white flowers- i have yet to ID. I am sure i would love a talk on pollination, i'm fascinated already when i learn new things about the nature world!
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Tracy Palmer Villalobos
, 11 April, 2009 - 9:53pm
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Yellow bags
are the ones I see most frequently. (So are yellow flowers.)
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Ron Hemberger
, 11 April, 2009 - 10:17pm
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True :)
True :)
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Tracy Palmer Villalobos
, 11 April, 2009 - 10:23pm
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