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Deceived with ornament

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Back Garden Biology
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Plants attract pollinators through their colourful flowers but some plants aren't quite what they seem.
Plants need to attract pollinators and a mass of flowers is a good way to convince bees to visit. But some plants aren’t quite what they seem. The lungwort tries to look as impressive as possible by holding onto old flowers that are long past their best, but surely bees aren’t so easily deceived? Find out how the hairy-footed flower bee has forced the plant to reveal its true colours, and meet the incredible bee-fly that’s also pretending to be something it’s not.

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Back Garden Biology
People
Lindsay Turnbull
Keywords
lungwort
flowers
bee-fly
bee
deception
garden
gardening
biology
plant science
plants
Department: Department of Plant Sciences
Date Added: 06/04/2020
Duration: 00:13:51

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