NearbyWild's video: A Bumblebee Robbing Nectar from a Common Toadflax wildflower

@A Bumblebee Robbing Nectar from a Common Toadflax wildflower

It is fascinating behaviour to observe: Abstract — "In southern England, Linaria vulgaris (common yellow toadflax) suffers from high rates of nectar robbery by bumblebees. In a wild population of L. vulgaris we found that 96 % of open flowers were robbed. Five species of bumblebee were observed foraging on these flowers, although short-tongued species (Bombus lapidarius, B. lucorum and B. terrestris) robbed nectar whilst longer-tongued ones behaved as legitimate pollinators (B. hortorum and B. pascuorum). ... " https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=stout-et-al-acta-oecologia-2000.pdf&site=411

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