Successful Courting
Photograph by Dino Martins
This is an Amegilla
bee approaching the flower of an orthosiphon in Laikipia, Kenya. Some
flowers guide bees to them and the bees need to learn how to approach
and handle the flower correctly. Here, the bee approaches the flower
correctly.
The
flower then "trips" as the bee lands on it and its weight causes the
flower to bend, which exposes the anthers with pollen and straightens
the tube in the flower, allowing the bee to access the nectar.
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