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Tag: bumblebees

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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.

by Alun SaltJanuary 16, 2023January 16, 2023
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Close Encounters

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.

by Juniper KissMay 4, 2021May 4, 2021
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Floral thermographs demonstrating the range of floral temperature patterns observed.
News

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.

by Dale MayleaDecember 19, 2017December 19, 2017
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AoB PLANTS

Foraging responses of bumblebees to rewardless floral patches: Importance of within-plant variance in nectar presentation

by AoBPLANTSNovember 23, 2016November 11, 2016
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Carpenter bee with pollen collected from Night-blooming cereus, paniniokapunahoa, papipi pua (Cactaceae)
Plant Cuttings

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 by the insects. However, this has also given parasites millions of years to adapt too.

by Nigel ChaffeyNovember 17, 2015November 17, 2015
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  2. Shyam Phartyal on What lies beneath? Botanists find a disconnection between how plants behave above and below ground.January 29, 2023

    Excellent study. An additional flooding treatment could have revealed little more about this above-below ground trait relationship.

  3. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 18, 2023

    Good afternoon, Patrick, Aha, one now begins to wonder if the spelling Catherine in the cited source should really have…

  4. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    The bisindole alkaloid catharine is said to have been published and the molecular structure can be found scattered about, though…

  5. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    Hello Patrick, Thank you for taking th etim eto comment on this item. The source for 'catherine' that's stated in…

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