Bees, and similar nectar feeders, get sweeter juice with dipping tongues
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 12:31
in Biology & Nature
A field of flowers may seem innocuous -- but for the birds and bees that depend on it for sustenance, that floral landscape can be a battlefield mined with predators and competitors. The more efficient a pollinator is in feeding, the less chance it has of becoming food itself.