Honey Bee (Apis mellifera). Pollen attaches to the hairs on a honeybees? abdomen. The bee gathers up the pollen using special hairs (combs) on her hind legs. White pollen can be seen on the hind legs of this bee. Bees evolved about 150 million years ago; the same time as flowering plants. It is believed that this is not a coincidence. The bees feed pollen to their larvae and bees help to pollinate flowering plants.