Honeybees rely heavily on flower patterns – not just colours – when searching for food, new research shows. A team led by the University of Exeter tested bee behaviour and built bee's-eye-view ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --Heat plays an important role in flower-pollinator interactions. According to new research, heat patterns serve as signatures for flowers, advertising their availability to passing bees ...

New research has revealed that bumblebees can tell flowers apart by patterns of scent. New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol and Queen Mary University of London has revealed ...

Over the course of evolution, flowers and pollinating insects have developed an intimate, mutually beneficial relationship. To get the attention of pollinators, flowers have developed an assortment of ...

Bumblebees searching for nectar go for signposts on flowers rather than the bull's eye. A new study shows that the markings at the center of a flower are not as important as the markings that will ...

Bumblebees can tell flowers apart by identifying their invisible scent patterns. (AAP) Bees can identify different flowers by the invisible patterns of scent across their surface. New research led by ...

New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol and Queen Mary University of London has revealed that bumblebees can tell flowers apart by patterns of scent. Flowers have lots of ...

Flowers have lots of different patterns on their surfaces that help to guide bees and other pollinators towards the flower’s nectar, speeding up pollination. These patterns include visual signals like ...

New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol and Queen Mary University of London has revealed that bumblebees can tell flowers apart by patterns of scent. Flowers have lots of ...