Some bees in coniferous forests also collect aphid honeydew to make "forest honey".
Like bees collecting nectar, they stopped under the mushroom-shaped mantle rocks.
However, these bees simply collect the pollen, but do not pollinate the flowers.
Stingless bees also collect nectar, which they store in an extension of their gut called a crop.
The bees thus collect the nectar, but carry no pollen and so do not pollinate the next flower they visit.
"I never knew that bees collected books," he said, surprised.
Hence, bees should readily collect pollen at red bird flowers.
The use of feeders by the bees stops when it either gets too cold or the bees collect other food sources.
The honey type is determined by the plants from which the bees collect nectar.
The bee collects the pollen by rubbing against the anthers.
