Environmental cues rather than quality of supplemented pollen drive the foraging behaviour of honey bees during avocado pollination

Abstract Honey bee colonies adapt their foraging behaviours to the availability of floral resources to meet their nutritional needs. However, it is unknown if the nutritional quality of stored or supplemented pollen can influence the floral choices of bees during commercial crop pollination. The for...

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Main Authors: Madlen Kratz, Robert Manning, Lynne Milne, Kenneth Dods, Boris Baer, Dominique Blache
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-13981-6
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