Question

Honey bees forage for nectar and pollen from flowering plants and trees. Nectar and pollen are both important sources of food for honey bees. ____________________ is a honey bee’s source of protein and fat, whereas _____________________ is a honey bee’s source of carbohydrates.

Your answer

Answer 1

First one is floral pollen
Second one is water or pollen

Answer 2

Answer: protein from pollen

carbohydrates from sugars in nectar

Step-by-step explanation:

Honey bees require carbohydrates (sugars in nectar or honey), amino acids (protein from pollen), lipids (fatty acids, sterols), vitamins, etc. from the nectar

Nectar is the main source of carbohydrates in the natural diet of honey bees. Sugar concentration in nectar can vary widely, from 5% to 75%, although most nectars are in the range of 25% to 40%. A honey bee uses her proboscis to suck up nectar from flowers and stores the liquid in her honey crop.