pollen-basket

This bee is a stout, thick-bodied insect, with a large, square head, stout, sharp, scissors-like jaws, and with a thick mass of stout, dense hairs on the under side of the tail for carrying pollen, as she is not provided with the pollen-basket of the Honey and Humble bees.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

It differs from the Humble bee in having no pollen-basket, showing that its larvæ must feed on the food stored up by their host, as it does not itself collect it.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872