Bumblebees Bite Leaves of Flowerless Plants to Stimulate Earlier Flowering, Biology

A team of researchers from ETH Zürich and the Universite Paris-Saclay made observations suggesting that bumblebees have strategies to cope with irregular seasonal flowering: when faced with a shortage of pollen, bumblebees actively damaged plant leaves and this behavior resulted in earlier flowering by as much as 30 days.

Bumblebees bite plants to make them flower early, surprising scientists

Nature: Bumblebees' 'clever trick' fools plants into flowering - BBC News

Wildflowers of the Westborough Reservoir

Pollen-starved bumblebees bite 'half-moons' into plants to make them bloom

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Bumblebees Trick Plants Into Flowering Early, Study Finds - EcoWatch

Nature: Bumblebees' 'clever trick' fools plants into flowering - BBC News

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Hungry bumble bees make plants flower early by cutting holes in their leaves, Science

Mar, 2022

Hungry bumble bees make plants flower early by cutting holes in their leaves, Science

Pollen-deprived bumblebees bite leaves and may speed up plant blooms

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