ArticleCurrent zoology2019
Sonicating bees demonstrate flexible pollen extraction without instrumental learning.
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- Buzz pollination: investigations of pollen expulsion using the discrete element method.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
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- Carpenter bee thorax vibration and force generation inform pollen release mechanisms during floral buzzing.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Anther cones increase pollen release in buzz-pollinated Solanum flowers.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2022Article
- Assessing the toxicological interaction effects of imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, and chlorpyrifos on Bombus terrestris based on the combination index.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Structural dynamics of real and modelledJournal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- How and why do bees buzz? Implications for buzz pollination.Journal of experimental botany · 2022Review
- Diversity and composition of pollen loads carried by pollinators are primarily driven by insect traits, not floral community characteristics.Oecologia · 2021Article
- Sonicating bees demonstrate flexible pollen extraction without instrumental learning.Current zoology · 2019Article
- Cognitive ecology of pollinators and the main determinants of foraging plasticity.Current zoology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Pollen collection is necessary for bee survival and important for flowering plant reproduction, yet if and how pollen extraction motor routines are modified with experience is largely unknown. Here, we used an automated reward and monitoring system to evaluate modification in a common pollen-extraction routine, floral sonication. Through a series of laboratory experiments with the bumblebee,
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