Electric Flower Power
2,005 views · Published 5 April 2013 · 1:21 · Indexed 27 September 2026
Channel: Science Magazine · 2013 · Science & Technology
Insects, including bees, rely on many senses in their search for food. In a Report in the 4 April issue of Science, Clarke et al. reveal that in addition to sight and smell, bumblebees also detect floral electric fields. In this video, a bumblebee's approach to a flower is mapped to the recording of the plant's electric field. Because both the flower and bee respond to each other's fields, this may provide a rapid form of communication between plant and pollinator. Science (www.sciencemag.org) is the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary. For more original videos, check out the Science Video Portal (video.sciencemag.org).
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