Category: Pollen baskets or corbiculae

  • Pollen Baskets Or Corbiculae

    August 26, 2025 A Common Eastern Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) gathering pollen on a Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida). These bees have a special place to collect pollen on the outside of their back legs called pollen baskets, or corbiculae. Pollen will be gathered on their fuzzy bodies, then the bee will gather that pollen into these…