:30 video of Incoming Pollen

Someone has dropped her pollen load and a sister is trying to pick it up.

• to rear one worker bee requires 0.14g
• an average load weighs .014g
• 27kg (61 lbs.) is required to sustain an average colony each year
• that's about 2,000,000 foraging trips!

Pollen Facts from Keeping Bees and Making Honey p. 61