heat sensing

  • Flowers Express ‘Invisible’ Heat Patterns To Attract Bees

    Flowers Express ‘Invisible’ Heat Patterns To Attract Bees

    Over the course of evolution, flowers and pollinating insects have developed an intimate, mutually beneficial relationship. To get the attention of pollinators, flowers have developed an assortment of cues, such as colourful petals and aromatic smells. But as a new study points out, many plants also express complex floral heat patterns, which bees are able…