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Bumblebees bite plants to make them flower early, surprising scientists
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2204" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/05/bumblebees-bite-plants-flower-early/" target="_blank"><strong>Bumblebees bite plants to make them flower early, surprising scientists -National Geographic</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>How it actually works remains a mystery, but if replicated by humans, it could be a boon for agriculture.</strong></p><p></p><p>Bumblebees aren’t merely bumbling around our gardens. They’re actively assessing the plants, determining which flowers have the most nectar and pollen, and leaving behind scent marks that tell them which blooms they’ve already visited.</p><p> </p><p>Now, a new study reveals that bumblebees force plants to flower by making tiny incisions in their leaves—a discovery that has stunned bee scientists.</p><p> </p><p>“Wow! was my first reaction,” says <a href="https://williamslab.ucdavis.edu/" target="_blank">Neal Williams</a>, a bee biologist at the University of California, Davis. “Then I wondered, how did we miss this? How could no one have seen it before?”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2204, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/05/bumblebees-bite-plants-flower-early/'][B]Bumblebees bite plants to make them flower early, surprising scientists -National Geographic[/B][/URL] [B]How it actually works remains a mystery, but if replicated by humans, it could be a boon for agriculture.[/B] Bumblebees aren’t merely bumbling around our gardens. They’re actively assessing the plants, determining which flowers have the most nectar and pollen, and leaving behind scent marks that tell them which blooms they’ve already visited. Now, a new study reveals that bumblebees force plants to flower by making tiny incisions in their leaves—a discovery that has stunned bee scientists. “Wow! was my first reaction,” says [URL='https://williamslab.ucdavis.edu/']Neal Williams[/URL], a bee biologist at the University of California, Davis. “Then I wondered, how did we miss this? How could no one have seen it before?” [/QUOTE]
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