Biology
  • Bumblebees are Averse to Pumpkin Pollen, and This may Help Cucurbit Plants Thrive

    Bumblebees are Averse to Pumpkin Pollen: This may Help Cucurbit Plants to Thrive

    Bumblebees have complex interactions with their environment. Researchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York have recently found that pumpkin and squash pollen have chemical, nutritional, and physical properties for defense that are not beneficial to bumblebees. A recent study suggests that cucurbit plants may have evolved an evolutionary means of repelling bumblebees from getting and ingesting their pollen.
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