bees collect oil glands

[James Cane]

Bee-hold, Folks, bees collecting the spherical tips of oil trichomes as though they were pollen. Something entirely new!

jim cane

"Structural and Functional Co‐Adaptation of Plants of the Genus Lysimachia L. (Primulaceae) and Pollinating Insects of the Genus Macropis Panzer (Hymenoptera, Melittidae)"

You can request from Vladimir Radchenko (of Kiev Ukraine) in Research Gate:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398027633_Structural_and_Functional_Co-Adaptation_of_Plants_of_the_Genus_Lysimachia_L_Primulaceae_and_Pollinating_Insects_of_the_Genus_Macropis_Panzer_Hymenoptera_Melittidae

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James H. Cane

Native bee and pollination ecologist

Emeritus USDA-ARS Bee Lab, Logan, Utah

owner -  WildBeecology

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jim-Cane

https://www.zotero.org/jimbee

https://sites.google.com/view/jimcanewildbeecology/home

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 Alexander von Humboldt