Plants and Pipettes

we talk about plants and (used to) use pipettes

Tag: bees

  • Choice of the bees: pollinator pressure and flower colour

    Choice of the bees: pollinator pressure and flower colour

    The other day, my friend and I were musing over the fact that many flowering plants require a third party pollinator in order to complete the fairly simple act of reproducing. And that while this sexual ‘three-or-moresome’ has some pretty great advantages, it also forces plants to spend a fair amount of energy just in attracting the middle men.… Read more