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Bumblebee flower constancy and pollen diversity over time.
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- From individuals to networks: The role of variation in plant-pollinator communities' responses to global change.The Journal of animal ecology · 2026Review
- Colour preference and foraging constancy in the Asian giant honeybee Apis dorsata.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- Greater pollen-mediated gene flow among than within populations of a bumblebee-pollinated forest herb despite habitat fragmentation.Movement ecology · 2026Article
- Inferring plant-bee-microbe associations: Foragers, hive workers, and honey tell complementary stories.PloS one · 2026Article
- 24 million years of pollination interaction between European linden flowers and bumble bees.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Secondary Compounds in Milkweed Nectar Negatively Impact Thermal Tolerance in Bumble Bees.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Extensive loss of forage diversity in social bees owing to flower constancy in simulated environments.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Land-use affects pollinator-specific resource availability and pollinator foraging behaviour.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Bumblebee flower constancy and pollen diversity over time.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Bees often focus their foraging effort on a few or even a single flower species, even if other equally rewarding flower species are present. Although this phenomenon-called flower constancy-has been widely documented during single foraging trips, it is largely unknown if the behavior persists over longer time periods, especially under field conditions with large temporal variations of resources. We studied the pollen diet of individuals from nine different
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