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by The blog at woodlands.co.uk, 9 July, 2021, 0 comments
Humidity and bumblebees
Recent research at the University of Bristol has shown that bumblebees are sensitive to the humidity of the air that surrounds flowers. Being able to detect this sensory information affects the bees’ behaviour. Just as bees learn to recognise patterns, colour and the scent of particular flowers so they can distinguish humidity patterns. How effective these humidity patterns are will depend on the immediate micro-environment of a flower - which may be affected by climate change. Full details of this work can be accessed here :
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