No matter how old or where it's from, frozen sunflower pollen helps bumblebees fight off a common gut parasite that threatens bee health and pollination.
Tag - bumblebees
Alun Salt
The Light They Can’t See Draws Bees to Tomato Plants
Research found that far-red light, which boosts tomato growth and flowering in greenhouses, also makes the plants' flowers more appealing to bumblebee pollinators through enhanced scents and sugars, attracting more bees.
A.I. Assistant
Flowers play a key role in flight control for bumblebees
A bee can approach a flower from any direction, but markings on the flower help guide bees in the most effective way, like a natural air traffic control.
Flies can be pollen thieves but plants deal with them
Some plants tackle thieves and pollinators eating pollen by producing enough both to feed visitors and fertilise available ovules.
Juniper Kiss
Bees look for more than just a warm reception from flowers
Not only can insects view ultraviolet patterns in flowers, they also seem to be sensitive enough to be able to sense heat patterns in flowers too.
Dale Maylea
Foraging responses of bumblebees to rewardless floral patches: Importance of within-plant variance in nectar presentation
Nectar-foraging pollinators respond flexibly to the reward condition of floral patches. In a new study published in AoB PLANTS, Nakamura and Kudo compared foraging behaviours of bumblebees between naturally rewarding...
AoBPLANTS
Plant-insect relationships, a double-edged sword
Flowering plants have had an intimate relationship with insects for millions of years. Indeed, this is often cited as an example of co-evolution , particularly with regards to the flowers and their pollination...
Nigel Chaffey