Pollen Basket Haiku
by Constantine Gregory
Title
Pollen Basket Haiku
Artist
Constantine Gregory
Medium
Photograph - Photo Art
Description
Background for this haiku…
Pollen Baskets
A honey bees two hind legs each contain a “pollen basket” (corbiculae), little sacs made of long stiff hairs that curve around a flat section of the bee’s rear legs. The bee stuffs pollen grains into these baskets using the stiff hairs on the back of her other legs to scrape the pollen into them and pack them full.
The baskets are transparent so the brightly-colored pollen can be easily seen. These baskets are emptied when the bee returns to the hive. The bees use the pollen mixed with nectar to make “bee bread”. (Pollen contains the protein, lipids and nutrients bees need.) This is stored in the honeycombs. It provides protein for the bees.
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Pollen Baskets Haiku
by C J Gregory
Stiff hairs brush pollen
Sweeping grains into baskets
Bee bread feeds the hive
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July 18th, 2017
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