Honeybee Tongue Hair Linked to Nectar-Collection Efficiency
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The length and diameter of the hairs on a honeybee’s tongue determine how efficiently it can collect nectar from different flowers, finding that could help communities plant right flowers for this declining insect.
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عنوان ژورنال: Physics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2624-8174']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physics.15.167