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1 week ago

Floral buzzing' to collect pollen as exhausting for bees as flight take-off, study shows

Floral buzzing to extract pollen costs energy comparable to flight take-off, forcing bees to selectively forage as it can dominate daily energy budgets.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Plant that mimics odour of half-eaten ants to attract pollinators discovered

Vincetoxicum nakaianum mimics ants' alarm pheromones to attract scavenging fruit flies, securing pollination and reproductive success.
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