Outside Bees (IMAGE)

Penn State

Outside Bees

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We found that bumble bees preferentially visited plants with pollen that had high P:L ratios. Here, a bumble bee forages on Senna hebecarpa, the most preferred plant species used in the study.

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Anthony Vaudo, Penn State

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