Not so pretty but plenty of likes: A bumblebee bandwagon effect prioritizes busy flowers over beautiful ones
If you were a bee, how would you choose a flower to land on? You might go to the most beautiful one, as pollination biologists have long suggested that flowers with striking colors attract pollinators more easily. Or perhaps, as other studies indicate, you might go where other bees are feeding, like...
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If you were a bee, how would you choose a flower to land on? You might go to the most beautiful one, as pollination biologists have long suggested that flowers with striking colors attract pollinators more easily. Or perhaps, as other studies indicate, you might go where other bees are feeding, like seeing a long line outside a restaurant and thinking it must be worth the wait.
Originally published at Phys.org
