pollen basket
noun
: a smooth area on each hind tibia of a bee that is edged by a fringe of stiff hairs and serves to collect and transport pollen
called also corbicula
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In the photo above, the big yellow blob on the bee's haunch is a full pollen basket.
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2015
There it is compacted into a pellet and pushed to a structure called the pollen basket for storage.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2015
There it is compacted into a pellet and pushed to a structure called the pollen basket for storage.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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“Pollen basket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollen%20basket. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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