Hair spacing keeps honeybees clean during pollination
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 09:01
in Physics & Chemistry
A honeybee can carry up to 30 percent of its body weight in pollen because of the strategic spacing of its nearly three million hairs. The gap between each eye hair is approximately the same size as a grain of dandelion pollen, which is typically collected by bees. This keeps the pollen suspended above the eye and allows the forelegs to comb through and collect the particles.