Sentence:  After another two weeks , the first young emerge , four to eight small daughters that begin to play the role of worker bees , collecting <WSD>pollen</WSD> and nectar in the field and caring for the new young generation while the queen retires to a life of egg laying . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant