#orchidbees — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #orchidbees, aggregated by home.social.
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How Orchid Bees Craft Unique Scents from Non-Floral Sources
https://botany.one/2025/02/how-orchid-bees-craft-unique-scents-from-non-floral-sources/ paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/btp.13395"Male #OrchidBees are roaming the tropical forests looking for scents to create their own designer #perfumes, which they will later show off to impress female bees during unique courtship rituals... Each bee’s scent gives a clue about its skills... To expand their repertoire, orchid #bees search for smells in unexpected places, like rotting wood, fruits, and even tree wounds."