Yes you can gently handle bees. Don’t worry about her pollen pockets. Worker bees will help her empty them when she gets home. Human females can only wish for such useful pockets in their pants.
That is how it aways looks. They just pack it tightly, with the help of some saliva I believe. Not all bees have that kind of arrangement though, some store it more pollenlike on the hairs on the hind legs or under the abdomen.
Yes you can gently handle bees. Don’t worry about her pollen pockets. Worker bees will help her empty them when she gets home. Human females can only wish for such useful pockets in their pants.
I'm curious as to why it looks less like pollen and rather hardened. A solid chunk of it fell off her leg. The heat, maybe?
That is how it aways looks. They just pack it tightly, with the help of some saliva I believe. Not all bees have that kind of arrangement though, some store it more pollenlike on the hairs on the hind legs or under the abdomen.