bees carry pollen in pollen basket or corbicula on their bodies.
bees carry pollen in pollen basket or corbicula on their bodies.
where do bees carry pollen on their bodies?
pollen basket or corbicula
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the earliest animal-pollinated flowers were shallow, cup-shaped blooms pollinated by insects such as beetles, so the syndrome of insect pollination was well established before the first appearance of bees. the novelty is that bees are specialized as pollination agents, with behavioral and physical modifications that specifically enhance pollination, and are the most efficient pollinating insects. in a process of coevolution, flowers developed floral rewards such as nectar and longer tubes, and bees developed longer tongues to extract the nectar. bees also developed structures known as scopal hairs and pollen baskets to collect and carry pollen. the location and type differ among and between groups of bees. most bees have scopal hairs located on their hind legs or on the underside of their abdomens, some bees in the family apidae possess pollen baskets on their hind legs while very few species lack these entirely and instead collect pollen in their crops. this drove the adaptive radiation of the angiosperms, and, in turn, the bees themselves. bees have not only coevolved with flowers but it is believed that some bees have coevolved with mites. some bees provide tufts of hairs called acarinaria that appear to provide lodgings for mites; in return, it is believed that the mites eat fungi that attack pollen, so the relationship in this case may be mutualistc.
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