Tuesday 31 May 2016

Bumblebees' Little Hairs Can Sense Flowers' Electric Fields

Bumblebees' Little Hairs Can Sense Flowers' Electric Fields

Flowers generate weak electric fields, and a new study shows that bumblebees can actually sense those electric fields, using the tiny hairs on their fuzzy little bodies to tell the difference between flowers and locate pollen.

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