Pollen, anther, stamen, and androecium mimicry

K Lunau, MGG De Camargo, VLG Brito - Plant Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Floral colours represent a highly diverse communication signal mainly involved in flower
visitors' attraction and guidance, but also flower discrimination, filtering non‐pollinators and …

Comparative analysis of 3 pollen sterilization methods for feeding bumble bees

JP Strange, AD Tripodi, C Huntzinger… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pollen is an essential component of bee diets, and rearing bumble bees (Bombus spp.) for
commercial use necessitates feeding pollen in mass quantities. This pollen is collected from …

Gross morphology and adhesion-associated physical properties of Drosophila larval salivary gland glue secretion

M Beňo, D Beňová-Liszeková, I Kostič, M Šerý… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
One of the major functions of the larval salivary glands (SGs) of many Drosophila species is
to produce a massive secretion during puparium formation. This so-called proteinaceous …

Combined secondary compounds naturally found in nectars enhance honeybee cognition and survival

IL Marchi, F Palottini, WM Farina - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
The alkaloid caffeine and the amino acid arginine are present as secondary compounds in
nectars of some flower species visited by pollinators. Each of these compounds affects …