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minus-squarereinei@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoJust because you waste 80% of the food you get doesn’t mean you can’t still be twice as fast as everyone else at getting new food!
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDo the flowers get pollinated? That seems like the important part.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThey often don’t. Honey bees are surprisingly good at collecting pollen of many plant species without transfering it to other flowers and pollinating them.
Just because you waste 80% of the food you get doesn’t mean you can’t still be twice as fast as everyone else at getting new food!
Do the flowers get pollinated? That seems like the important part.
They often don’t. Honey bees are surprisingly good at collecting pollen of many plant species without transfering it to other flowers and pollinating them.