When it comes to deciding where they're going to get their next meal, different species of bees may be attracted to different flower traits.
The study illustrates how the interplay between plant traits and bee behaviors can shape pollinator communities.
Show kids the importance of bee habitats like flower patches. Help provide a safe place for the buzzers—which pollinate an estimated one-third of the food we eat—by building a bee hotel near ...
NARRATOR: Plants cant move. They need bees to spread their pollen and help make new seeds. Bees love nectar so flowers offer up their nectar as a reward for visiting them. And they’ve got manywa ...
Bee-flies have short antennae. Their hovering style of flight is also quite distinctive, although hairy-footed flower bees (Anthophora plumipes) hover well too - but these have much longer antennae ...