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Pollinating

submitted by dulcima to Nature 1 monthApr 23, 2025 06:31:01 ago (+39/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

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[ - ] ruck_feddit -1 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 11:48:30 ago (+0/-1)

Balls deep in that flower.

[ - ] Panic 0 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 15:20:47 ago (+0/-0)

Bees want the nectar. But while flying, the bee becomes ion positive. Stuck to the ground, the plant is slightly negative. The pollen sticks to the bee's legs while it's just after the nectar. On the flower, the bee loses his charge and doesn't gain in on short flights, allowing the pollen to easily detach in the next flower. Pretty cool.

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 0 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 15:36:58 ago (+0/-0)

Sitting on the ground in my back yard yesterday putting some bolts into this thing I'm building and I look around and there's dozens of little bees around me poking around.
Had to shoo them away from any spot I wanted to sit and work. Spring is in full swing here.

[ - ] RedBarchetta 1 point 1 monthApr 23, 2025 09:49:21 ago (+1/-0)

Big Bee Butt

[ - ] founder 1 point 1 monthApr 23, 2025 18:14:17 ago (+1/-0)

imagine the peace of mind that bee must feel...he will probably never encounter a nigger.

we should all be so lucky

[ - ] Bonlio99 2 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 12:10:24 ago (+2/-0)

Looks like me with a jumbo bag of cheetos

[ - ] Consensus_Reality 3 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 08:53:29 ago (+3/-0)

I like how that bee gives no fucks about the flower. It wants what it wants and takes what it wants. If the flower happens to benefit — so bee it.

[ - ] BMN003 4 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 09:48:59 ago (+4/-0)

The flower produces nectar for no other reason than to attract pollenating insects, so this is really more of a case of the flower providing something to the bee, and the bee harvesting it in a way that doesn't harm the flower, because that way they both get to reproduce. Bees could chew up the bottom of the petals and collect nectar without being exposed to much pollen, but they don't because that would reduce the success of their own food source.

[ - ] calx 2 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 13:49:17 ago (+2/-0)

That's the way the bee bumbles.

[ - ] Peleg 0 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 14:23:34 ago (+0/-0)

Cause dats du way du bumble bees.

[ - ] kammmmak 4 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 08:33:22 ago (+4/-0)

It's an apparent miracle they defy gravity and fly

[ - ] NeverHappened 2 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 10:38:32 ago (+2/-0)

That's true. Has to be something with electrical and/or magnetic or something similar that allows them to fly at that size/shape. Very interesting to think about.

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 0 points 1 monthApr 23, 2025 15:35:06 ago (+0/-0)

They fly by creating vortexes of air like a helicopter. It's an old-wive's tale that they fly by magic.

[ - ] NeverHappened 0 points 1 monthApr 25, 2025 02:59:03 ago (+0/-0)

I suspect the vortices are used more for steering than the flight itself. If you haven't gotten a chance to look at high-speed footage of bumblebees I would recommend it. It's pretty wild.