Bees like it hot

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A acutehot beeacute on a flower taken with a heat sensitive infrared camera. J. Tautz M Kleinhenz B. Bujok BEEgroup Wrzburg
A 'hot bee' on a flower, taken with a heat sensitive infrared camera. J. Tautz, M Kleinhenz & B. Bujok @ BEEgroup Würzburg

Research from Queen Mary, University of London has shown that bees prefer to visit warm flowers, and can learn to use colour to predict floral temperature before landing.


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