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 ...

Study also suggests they can spot similarities between patterns of scent and those made with colour Pollinators don’t just wing it when it comes to finding a sweet treat: the shape, colour, perfume ...

Bees use their ability to 'see' polarized light when foraging for food, researchers have discovered. This is the first time bees have been found to use this ability for something other than navigation ...

A new study, led by scientists from the University of Bristol, has found that a wide range of flowers produce not just signals that we can see and smell, but also ones that are invisible such as heat.

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 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 ...