#buzzpollination — Public Fediverse posts

Yesterdays fact.
Sorry we were otherwise distracted.
Still relevant though!
😊🐝

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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 129.

Buzz pollination - in brief.
Bees rapidly contract their flight muscles. This produces powerful vibrations which they channel to the flower using their legs/mouths.
Result = a #pollen explosion all over the bee.
Happy bee!

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Buzz pollination (#sonication) in action! A beautiful native bee curled in her vibrating position against the tubular anthers of a Hibbertia flower.
Some plants, like this Hibbertia sp., have tubular anthers which can only be opened by a specific frequency of buzzing produced by the flight muscles of some native bees. Honey bees cannot perform #buzzpollination.

Isn't she beautiful!

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