Category: Science
Created by: absit.nomen
Number of Blossarys: 5
English (EN)
Proboscis (Latin proboscis, the latinisation of the Greek προβοσκίς (proboskis), which comes from πρό (pro) "forth, forward, before"[2] + βόσκω (bosko), "to feed, to nourish")is a tube for collecting ...
The mandibles represent the strong jaws of the bee. They help the bee to eat, fight, feed the larvae and clean the hive.
Bees have two sets of eyes: simple and compound eyes. There is two of the compound eyes. They are made of many small eye parts which then help the bee to detect polarized light.
Bees have two sets of eyes: simple and compound eyes. There is three of the simple eyes and they are shaped in a triangle. They help the bee to determine the amount of light present.
Head of a bee contains eyes, antennae and feeding structures. Antennae are placed on the bee's head and their main function is smell. They also serve as an instrument to help the bee to measure its ...
Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have a hard coat that protects the sperm cells during ...
Filament is the stalk of the anther. The filaments may be fused and the anthers free, or the filaments free and the anthers fused. Rather than including two locules, one of the locules may fail to ...
