Honey Bee (IMAGE)

Entomological Society of America

Honey Bee

Caption

This is a honey bee foraging for pollen and nectar. During nectar feeding, a honey bee's abdomen does high-frequency respiratory exercises and assists the suction behavior of mouthparts to improve the intake efficiency.

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Lesley Ingram, Bugwood.org.

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