Bumble bees make a beeline for larger flowers
Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 11:12
in Biology & Nature
Bumble bees create foraging routes by using their experience to select nectar-rich, high-rewarding flowers. A study now suggests that bees actually forage more efficiently when flower sizes are large rather than small. This indicates that for these insect pollinators foraging quickly is more efficient than foraging accurately.