This will almost make you want to sneeze, so get a tissue ready. I was looking for a picture for today’s puzzle, and I started looking at bees. This is a close-up of a bumblebee.
But when I went in REALLY close, look at the pollen:
Here is a picture of a bumblebee with lots of pollen in its pollen basket:
The Leaf-Cutter Bees gather a lot of pollen on the underside of their abdomen. I read that they can collect 20x the amount of pollen as a honey bee. I tried to get a shot of the underside, full of yellow pollen, but they weren’t cooperating. Here is a backside view, and you can see the hairs underneath that collect the pollen (there are even hairs on his head and legs that have collected yellow pollen):
So, here’s the puzzle:
–Sue
