Cheating Honey Bee
Evening primrose is designed to be pollinated by moths with long tongues. I watched the honey bees trying to get to the nectar in the usual way but obviously without success. They soon learned that they could get the rewards by chewing a hole through the top of the flower into the nectaries. Smart bees!
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Cheating Honey Bee
Evening primrose is designed to be pollinated by moths with long tongues. I watched the honey bees trying to get to the nectar in the usual way but obviously without success. They soon learned that they could get the rewards by chewing a hole through the top of the flower into the nectaries. Smart bees!
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Uploaded on September 24, 2018
Taken on September 15, 2018