Don’t we all! And it seems honeybees also get their buzz from drinking flower nectar containing caffeine.
HOW DO BEES LEARN WHICH ODOURS TO FOLLOW?
Scientists at Freie Universität Berlin and the Bernstein Centre in Berlin have traced odour memory to a certain area of the bee brain. How successful bees are in their search for food depends to a certain extent on how well they can, based on their [...]
Can bees tell if nectar is toxic or not? It seems that once they have found out, they can learn to avoid it.
Honeybees can learn to avoid nectar containing natural plant toxins but will eat it when there is no alternative, scientists at Newcastle University have found. This means that in areas dominated [...]
Are bees addicted to caffeine and nicotine?
In another interesting piece of research, the University of Haifa team look at how bees prefer nectar with caffeine in it.
Bees prefer nectar with small amounts of nicotine and caffeine over nectar that does not comprise these substances at all, a study [...]
FANCY A HOT DRINK? BEES LIKE ONE TOO!
In some fascinating research, we learn that we are not the only creatures to enjoy the idea of a warming drink when we are cold. Bees warm up with a drink, too!
A study by insect scientists Drs Melanie Norgate and Adrian Dyer working at the [...]
