#Researchers discover honeybees have more than one way to feed on nectar
“#Researchers discover honeybees have more than one way to feed on nectar”
The researchers suggest their findings reveal how honeybees are able to feed on such a wide variety of flowers, unlike most other bees, which are restricted to just a few. Honeybees, they suggest, can change tactics depending on which sort of nectar they find. They also discovered that honeybees are capable of changing feeding habits mid-stream. If a nectar grows thicker as the honeybee is feeding, it can simply switch to lapping. The researchers also suggest their findings could have implications for studies looking to understand increases in colony collapse disorder.
Sucking or lapping: facultative feeding mechanisms in honeybees (Apis mellifera), Biology Letters (2020). royalsocietypublishing.org/doi … .1098/rsbl.2020.0449
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