Bees actively adjust flower choice based on color and distance: Updating 'flower constancy' beyond Darwin's theory

ScienceDaily
Apr 3, 2025, 12:30 pm24 pts
Since Darwin's time, the phenomenon known as flower constancy -- i.e., where insects consistently visit the same flower type even when many others are also present -- has been understood as a passive behavior to reduce the effort of remembering different flower types. However, researchers have now shown via…

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