Pollinator plants and insects (such as this Echinacea and bumblebee) are busy gathering pollen an area of the People's Garden that have flowering plants that attract and help polinator in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 22, 2016.
#PeoplesGarden. The pollen baskets are easily seen on it's hind legs. The pollen basket or corbicula is part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees. They use the structure in harvesting pollen and returning it to the nest or hive. For more information about bees and their pollen baskets, see www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5306468.pdf For more inofmation about Peoples Gardens see peoplesgarden.usda.gov/. For more information about the Echinacea plant, also known as purple coneflower, narrow-leaved coneflower, blacksamson, please see USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service/Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench and USDA/Forest Service/Echinacea plant. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. Original public domain image from Flickr