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Pollen basket, the Glossary

The pollen basket or corbicula (plural corbiculae) is part of the tibia on the hind legs of the female of certain species of bees.^[1]

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Anatomical terms of location

Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans.

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Apidae

Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. Pollen basket and Apidae are bees.

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Apinae

The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae.

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Augustus Daniel Imms

Augustus Daniel Imms FRS (24 August 1880 – 3 April 1949) was an English educator, research administrator and entomologist.

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Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Pollen basket and bee are bees.

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Bee pollen

Bee pollen, also known as bee bread and ambrosia, is a ball or pellet of field-gathered flower pollen packed by worker honeybees, and used as the primary food source for the hive.

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Beekeeping

Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Pollen basket and Beekeeping are bees.

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Bumblebee

A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Euglossini

The tribe Euglossini, in the subfamily Apinae, commonly known as orchid bees or euglossine bees, are the only group of corbiculate bees whose non-parasitic members do not all possess eusocial behavior.

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Honey

Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees.

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Honey bee

A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia. Pollen basket and honey bee are bees.

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List of pollen sources

The term pollen source is often used in the context of beekeeping and refers to flowering plants as a source of pollen for bees or other insects.

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Nectar

Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection.

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Neo-Latin

Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin in; others, throughout.

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Pollen

Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction.

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René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (28 February 1683, La Rochelle – 17 October 1757, Saint-Julien-du-Terroux) was a French entomologist and writer who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects.

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Scopa (biology)

A scopa (plural scopae; Latin for "broom") is any of a number of different modifications on the body of a non-parasitic bee that form a pollen-carrying apparatus. Pollen basket and scopa (biology) are bees.

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Stingless bee

Stingless bees (SB), sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (from about 462 to 552 described species), comprising the tribe Meliponini (or subtribe Meliponina according to other authors). Pollen basket and stingless bee are bees.

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William Kirby (entomologist)

William Kirby (19 September 1759 – 4 July 1850) was an English entomologist, an original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well as a country rector, so that he was an eminent example of the "parson-naturalist".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_basket

Also known as Corbiculae, Pollen bag, Pollen baskets.