Bumblebees And Thievery
Posted on May 1, 2008 at 8:02 am.
Filed Under Nature |
Normally, bumblebees crawl into flowers to get nectar and in return it serves as couriers of pollen, helping the plants breed. But now scientists revealed that the bumblebees discover how to “rob” flowers of nectar without carrying the pollen. Since they get something for nothing by drinking nectar without helping the flowers mate, such a behaviour can be seen as theft. It’s been proved that when one bee learned how to rob nectar by watching its comrades, the skill rapidly spread to other bees.
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