What is a pollen basket?
A bee has a pollen basket. But not all bees have a pollen basket.
The worker bees are the only bees that gather pollen and nectar from plants, and they have a pollen basket. Worker bees are female bees, except the queen bee.
Pollen-collecting is called foraging. Pollen is collected on the worker bee’s back legs in a pollen basket.
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