ArticleJournal of insect behavior
Floral Sonication is an Innate Behaviour in Bumblebees that can be Fine-Tuned with Experience in Manipulating Flowers.
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- Vapor pressure deficit control and mechanical vibration techniques to induce self-pollination in strawberry flowers.Plant methods · 2025Article
- Buzz pollination: investigations of pollen expulsion using the discrete element method.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- Harvesting pollen with vibrations: towards an integrative understanding of the proximate and ultimate reasons for buzz pollination.Annals of botany · 2024Review
- Bumblebee Foraging Dynamics and Pollination Outcomes for Cherry Tomato and Pear Varieties in Northern China.Insects · 2024Article
- How and why do bees buzz? Implications for buzz pollination.Journal of experimental botany · 2022Review
- Within-Year Effects of Prescribed Fire on Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Floral Resources.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2022Article
- Examining the Role of Buzzing Time and Acoustics on Pollen Extraction ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Connective appendages in Huberia bradeana (Melastomataceae) affect pollen release during buzz pollination.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2021Article
- Sonicating bees demonstrate flexible pollen extraction without instrumental learning.Current zoology · 2019Article
- Pesticide exposure affects flight dynamics and reduces flight endurance in bumblebees.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Does body size predict the buzz-pollination frequencies used by bees?Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Morphological Complexity as a Floral Signal: From Perception by Insect Pollinators to Co-Evolutionary Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Review
- Neonicotinoid pesticide limits improvement in buzz pollination by bumblebees.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
Bumblebees demonstrate an extensive capacity for learning complex motor skills to maximise exploitation of floral rewards. This ability is well studied in nectar collection but its role in pollen foraging is less well understood. Floral sonication is used by bees to extract pollen from some plant species with anthers which must be vibrated (buzzed) to release pollen. Pollen removal is determined by sonication characteristics including frequency and amplitude, and thus the ability to optimise sonication should allow bees to maximise the pollen collection. We investigated the ability of the buff-tailed bumblebee (
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