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Proboscis: The Tongue of a Honey Bee

May 1, 2012 by Phillip

Check out the tongues darting out as honey bees suck up water from a corrugated plastic floor of a screened bottom board.

From what I can tell, morning dew forms naturally inside the corrugated plastic. The water doesn’t pool inside the plastic. The hive is slightly tilted downwards to the front entrance where the water drains out slowly — and the bees drink it up.

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Macro Photos of Bees Drinking

May 8, 2011 by Phillip

I took several macro shots of honey bees drinking in our backyard today. Most of them were out of focus. Here’s one that’s in focus, although the bee’s proboscis (tongue) is hidden:


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