Honeybees gather pollen for food.
Pollen provides protein and fats necessary for the production of food for young larva.
This need has been exploited by plants to use honeybees to pollinate flowers and produce better fruit. Watermelon require 1000 evenly pollinated seeds to make a large, sweet, evenly shaped melon. The white seeds in watermelon are unfertilized seeds. Pollination for the 1999 year included Blueberries, Blackberries, Strawberry, Watermelon,Cucumber and Cantaloupe. I do pollination work in Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina.