A few days ago I sent out a picture of a Honey-Bee. Today's picture is of a Bumble-Bee. I snapped it yesterday at the Ponds.
Let me call your attention to the yellow pollen basket or corbicula which is part of the tibia on the hind legs. It is a polished concavity surrounded by a fringe of hairs, into which the pollen is placed.
Allegedly Einstein said that without bees to pollinate our food crops, humans would die off in just 4 years. Not to worry, I just read that he was wrong, we would die off in 7 years!
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