Bees get more than just nectar from the flowers they visit. Sometimes they also get a sip of caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol.
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Caffeinated forage tricks honeybees into increasing foraging and recruitment behaviors.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...
Nicotine in floral nectar pharmacologically influences bumblebee learning of floral features
www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
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-Bees foraging on flowers: Dr. Roger Schürch
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