Posted by: Sandy Steinman | October 22, 2015

Flower Declines Shrink Bee Tongues

ScienceDaily reports

Climate-related changes in flower diversity have resulted in a decrease in the length of alpine bumble bees’ tongues, a new study reports, leaving these insects poorly suited to feed from and pollinate the deep flowers they were adapted to previously.

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