Allergic reactions are possible, especially from eating pollen.
Their preference for eating pollen without destroying the host flower may mean that they help to pollinate some species of plant.
They eat the abundant snow algae and pollen carried by the wind.
The adults are unusual among butterflies in that they eat pollen as well as sip nectar.
They also eat pollen which may constitute up to 50% of their food intake, nectar, water and honeydew.
Larvae, though little is known about them, are probably eating the wood of dead or dying trees, while the adults eat pollen.
The diet of these bats mainly consists of fruit, but they eat pollen and insects too.
At her side, Karen said in a small voice, 'I thought bees ate only pollen and nectar.
The adults live on flowers, eating pollen.
Most also show sensitivity to various commonly eaten foods, pollen, dust, other common allergens and chemicals.