Can honey bees collect nectar at the same time as pollen?

Yes they can do both but generally they don't. This is largely due to the source of the collection. read more

But flowers that produce their favorite nectar rarely produce their favorite pollen. This is why they don't do both at the same time. However, here in the mild Florida winter the bees are still active and on the warmer days will still forage. Here I will see bees loaded with pollen harvesting nectar. read more

Most bees collect just pollen or just nectar on any trip, but a few carry both at the same time. The pollen is stuffed into hairy receptacles on their hind legs called corbiculae. A single bee can carry about half her own body weight in pollen. Once back at the hive, the workers stuff the pollen into an awaiting cell. Unlike nectar-carrying bees, pollen-carrying bees have to off-load it themselves. read more