Bumblebees Bite Leaves of Flowerless Plants to Stimulate Earlier

A team of researchers from ETH Zürich and the Universite Paris-Saclay made observations suggesting that bumblebees have strategies to cope with irregular seasonal flowering: when faced with a shortage of pollen, bumblebees actively damaged plant leaves and this behavior resulted in earlier flowering by as much as 30 days.

CHAPTER 18

the-smallest-magnet-in-the-world.tumblr.com - Tumbex

Bumblebees may bite leaves to spur plant blooming

Bumble Bee Nibbles Stimulate Plants To Bloom Early

Bumblebees bite plants to make them flower early, surprising scientists

Musings: May-August 2020 (archive)

Musings: May-August 2020 (archive)

Nerdfighteria Wiki - The Amazing and Delicate World of Bees

Mar, 2022

Insects, wondermyway

British Bees, by W. E. Shuckard—A Project Gutenberg eBook

Insects, wondermyway