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Optimal foraging in bumblebees: why is nectar left behind in flowers?

Authors: Hodges, C. M.; Wolf, L. L.
Year: 1981
Journal: Behavioral Ecology, Vol. 9, pp. 41-44
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/bf00299851
Keywords: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, ENERGETICS, ENTOMOLOGY, OPTIMAL FORAGING, RMBL

Abstract

Queen bumblebees (Bombus appositus) leave nectar behind in Delphinium nelsoni flowers with high-standing crops of nectar, and residues predicted by an optimal feeding hypothesis agree with field measurements.

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