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A: A grass fly visiting flowers; B: An ant-hunter spider (a phenomenon that attracts kleptoparasitic flies). Credit: Mochizuki 2025.

World's first documented: Plant mimics the scent of wounded ants to attract pollinators

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Vincetoxicum nakaianum, described only last year, emits a scent that resembles ants being attacked by spiders—and thus lures grass flies that feed on wounded prey and pollinate its flowers. Research pushes the boundaries of flower mimicry
Thought for a couple of seconds Honeybees chew on the new food product, which meets all their nutritional needs. Credit: APIX Biosciences.

Developing artificial food for bee colonies

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Man-made nutritional mix improves bee colony health and could reduce colony collapse in commercial pollinators
Bees return to the nest after collecting nectar in the spring. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Small but important: this is how Israel protects the bees

We depend on them, and not just for the honey. International Bee Day is a great opportunity to make some buzz for bees, one of the most important animals on the planet
The researchers placed artificial flowers in the area that contained mixtures of fragrances. A night moth approaches a cardboard flower that emits scents of the night candle Charles Hedgcock/University of Washington

Polluted floral scent

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The bees of the sea

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Insects are less efficient pollinators than bees, but they compensate for this disadvantage by visiting each flower more frequently. Photo: shutterstock

Not on the bee alone

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