Apis mellifera, the domestic honeybee, foraging for nectar on a michaelmas daisy Aster novi-belgii. A large pollen basket filled with grains of pollen

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Apis mellifera, the domestic honeybee, foraging for nectar on a michaelmas daisy Aster novi-belgii. A large pollen basket filled with grains of pollen is visible on it's rear knee.

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Photo credit: © DR JEREMY BURGESS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: apis, basket, bee, bees, botany, domestic, honey, honeybee, mellifera, nature, plant, plants, pollen, reproduction, reproductive